Failing free school is ordered to close

Name: Failing free school is ordered to close
Uploaded: 2013-12-13T17:28:14.000Z
Duration: 2 min 18 s
Description: The Department for Education has ordered the closure of one of the government's flagship free schools, after inspectors found that it had "unacceptably poor" standards.

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One of the government's flagship free schools has been ordered to close amid continuing concerns about the standard of education it is offering.

Discovery New School in Crawley in West Sussex has been told it must shut its doors on 4 April 2014.

Reeta Chakrabarti reports.

Education & Family

13 December 2013