Unity City Academy in Middlesbrough has high numbers of pupils with special educational needs and a third of its teachers are newly qualified. The verdict is a setback for the Government's £5bn academy programme. The Government hopes that academies, which are part-funded by private sponsors, will drive up standards and it plans to build 200 by 2010. Chris Keates, general secretary of teaching union NASUWT, said: "It is evident from the...