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Schools agency comes under fire

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The general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, John Dunford, has branded National Strategies "the storm troopers of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)".

The School Improvement Partner programme, run by field force NationalStrategies, is intended to reduce bureaucracy for head teachers.Instead, Dunford claimed, National Strategies is making mattersworse.

However, a DCSF spokesman said: "Feedback we have had is that theimprovement programme is working well and heads appreciate thehelp."

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