The Government's city academy programme has been controversial from theoutset, criticised by many as allowing wealthy businessmen to buyschools on the cheap. Academies have also been accused of cherry-pickingmore able children from middle-class families.
For many in the education sector they are at best an unproven way oftransforming failing schools. And now there is mounting concern thatpupils attending academies have fewer rights than those at localauthority maintained schools (Children Now, 8-14 February).
Human rights protection
"It is pretty likely a child in an academy would not have human rightsprotection in the same way that they would in a maintained school," saysDavid Wolfe, a barrister at law firm Matrix Chambers.
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