Pupil's Highs and Lows

Evening Chronicle › March 17, 2005

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League table findings bring mixed reaction for schools

Academy results warning

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Pupil's Highs and Lows

Terrible results at academies across the country have prompted calls to scrap plans for a new super school in Newcastle.

Nine out of the 11 city academies that reported test results for 14-year-olds in English, maths and science came in the bottom 200 schools in England.

Labour councillors want the city council to review its plans to close West Gate Community college in 2008 and build a pounds 22m academy in Scotswood, sponsored by Scottish millionaire Irvine Laidlaw.

Students at West Gate got the 63rd worst result in the country and the poorest in the reg...

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