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To: Governors of Highfields School, Matlock
#Hands Off Highfields - Halt the Academisation
Dear Governors of Highfields School Matlock,
We the community of parents and teachers are asking you to halt the Academisation of Highfields School, Matlock. Highfields School is our Community School, the only Secondary School in our area. In a time of COVID when physical meetings are impossible, no meaningful consultation can take place over such an important issue. Not everyone has access to technology to join a zoom meeting and you are disenfranchising part of our community.
We the community of parents and teachers are asking you to halt the Academisation of Highfields School, Matlock. Highfields School is our Community School, the only Secondary School in our area. In a time of COVID when physical meetings are impossible, no meaningful consultation can take place over such an important issue. Not everyone has access to technology to join a zoom meeting and you are disenfranchising part of our community.
Why is this important?
Academisation permanently removes the democratic control of a school from the community. We want our local secondary school to remain under local authority democratic control in Derbyshire not Nottingham. Highfields is a Good school which provides a balanced curriculum for all our children in Matlock and surrounding area.