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28.09.2011

Are new primary academies a threat to prep schools?

One of the themes that emerged from the Independent Association of Prep Schools Conference was the vulnerability of “stand alone” prep schools in the current economic climate.
With the government intent on establishing some 200 new primary academies next year and the nascent free school movement, should independent prep schools worry that parents may prefer to send their children elsewhere or that senior schools might opt for partnerships with the new primary academies?
It would appear that standards in the state sector would...  more