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in an area with 200 surplus school places when it only had 17 pupils prepared to attend. It is not understood why the
Conservative government did not cancel the project, as it did in 2012 with another under-subscribed school, Newham Free Academy. Previously the government had spent £18 million
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primary school, where Nash was co-chairman of the governors, appointed an unqualified teacher as headmistress ahead of its opening with 60 pupils in
September 2013. Further criticism followed in October when she resigned after four weeks in the job. The school said that the headmistress had
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successfully set up the school and wished to pursue other opportunities. Also in
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during an expansion of Future
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that had been erected outside their school, and burned it; graffiti appeared "Ain't no black in the Union Jack …". Staff held a no confidence vote, which passed with 99%, and 98% of the staff voted for strike action.
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