EDUCATION secretary Michael
Gove has insisted Tudor Grange Academy
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He told Solihull MP Lorely
Burt the school is meeting national admissions rules by giving priority to Tudor Grange Primary Academy
This will apply when the
school is oversubscribed only from September 2014.
Yet it has angered some parents as the Shirley primary school is affiliated with the Church of England.
Plans to also favour St Alphege Primary School were dropped.
Tudor Grange can make the
changes as it now has academy status, giving it independence from Solihull
Metropolitan Borough Council, which opposed the admissions changes.
Its academy trust – a group
of schools – includes St James.
Liberal Democrat Mrs Burt said in the Commons on Monday: “Tudor Grange is a good non-faith-based secondary
school in my constituency, but the governors have angered many parents in the
school’s catchment area by attempting to introduce a faith school as a feeder
school, whose children would take precedence for admittance over children in
the local authority catchment area.
“Will my right hon. Friend
advise me on whether this would constitute indirect discrimination under the
Equality Act 2010?”
Conservative Mr Gove said: “I
am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that issue. I know Tudor Grange and
its outstanding head teacher, Jennifer Bexon-Smith.
“She is committed to helping
children in difficult circumstances and is sponsoring an academy in Worcester
“The admissions code is clear
about these matters, and I look forward to talking with my hon. Friend to make
sure the public are reassured.”
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