Protesters return to Walsall tonight over SEND school academy plans
Another protest is set to take place tonight against plans to convert a Rushall SEND school into an academy.
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Teachers and other members of staff at Elmwood School on King George Crescent have been on strike since Tuesday, March 11.
Every day last week the school was only partially opened, and this week again, it will be partially opened until Thursday.
Plans for the school to be taken on by the Matrix Academy Trust were announced last year and have faced fierce opposition from parents and staff.
Matthew Raine, spokesperson for the National Education Union, said if the move was to go ahead, it would ‘result in a loss of £700 worth of funding per pupil’.
