- ITV Report
More than 200 new academies
The following schools from our area have been taken from the national list of 214 struggling schools becoming sponsored academies in 2012. The Government has said they must convert to become academies and work with a sponsor - for example another successful school or one of the big organisations being set up to run academies - to improve their performance.
Elmrise Primary School in Bournemouth
Queen's Park Primary School in Bournemouth
Bell Lane Combined School in Buckinghamshire
Heron Park Primary School in East Sussex
King Offa Primary School in East Sussex
Oakwood School in East Sussex
Sidley Community Primary School in East Sussex
Oak Meadow Church of England Controlled Primary in Hampshire
Bell Wood Community Primary in Kent
Dame Janet Community Infant School and Dame Janet Junior in Kent
Drapers Mill Primary School in Kent
Hersden Community Primary in Kent
Horizon Primary School in Kent
Linden Grove Primary School in Kent
Molehill Copse Primary School in Kent
Newlands Primary School in Kent
Northdown Primary School in Kent
Oak Trees Community School in Kent
Regis Manor Community Primary School in Kent
Salmestone Primary School in Kent
Sherwood Park Community Primary School in Kent
St James the Great Primary and Nursery School in Kent
St Laurence in Thanet Church of England Junior School
West Malling Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School and Language Unit in Kent
York Road Junior School and Language Unit in Kent
Elaine Primary School in Medway
Glencoe Junior School in Medway
St James Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School in Medway
Dashwood School in Oxfordshire
The John Henry Newman C of E (A) Primary School in Oxfordshire
Paulsgrove Primary School Portsmouth
Battle Primary School in Reading
Upcroft Primary School in Reading
Bewbush Community Primary in West Sussex
Broadfield East Junior School in West Sussex
Heyworth Primary School in West Sussex
Hilltop Primary School in West Sussex
Portfield Primary School in West Sussex
Seal Primary School in Selsey West Sussex
Southway Primary School in West Sussex
Tangmere Primary School in West Sussex
Corsham Regis Primary School in Wiltshire
The Manor C of E VC Primary School in Wiltshire