CYP Now has learnt that an unpublished review by the Department forChildren, Schools and Families (DCSF) has recommended the merger to save10m, despite the fact that the academy has only been operatingfor 18 months.
Academy chair Hilton Dawson described the review as "completelyinadequate and hopeless", adding that it failed to understand the roleof the academy. "The review gives no indication that it tried tounderstand the academy's world class expertise," he said.
Dawson said that although he was an admirer of the CWDC, "its researchdoesn't match up to the rigour of the academy's research".
He added: "The academy needs to have a very strong independent voice,and we are very worried that it will simply be subsumed within CWDC andlose its way."
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