Academy schools “increase inequality and have questionable results” says Brockley Green Party councillor John Coughlin, as the Lewisham Green Party calls for people to attend a rally at Sedgehill School, Wednesday 26th November at 6pm to protest against the introduction of academy schools.
Lewisham Greens support the Stop Academies in Lewisham (SAIL) campaign to keep our schools publicly owned and publicly run.
An excerpt from the Lobby the Lewisham council leaflet by SAIL.
At least five of Lewisham’s secondary schools are considering applying for academy status: Bonus Pastor, Hilly Fields, Ladywell Fields, Prendergast Vale and Sedgehill.
Cllr John Coughlin, Green Party councillor for Brockley ward, said, ‘Academies are a fast track to the privatisation of education. They increase inequality and have questionable results. We need to bring Lewisham’s academies back under Local Education Authority control, not create more of them.’
Lewisham Green Party encourages concerned parents, teachers and residents to attend the SAIL rally outside the next full council meeting at Sedgehill School, Wednesday 26th November, assembling from six o’clock.