Rural communities in England see the academies white paper as a mortal blow. Fiona Millar meets parents telling Nicky Morgan: leave us aloneSarah Jones could,according to the recent history of education policy, be described as a model parent. She thought long and hard about what sort of school would be best for her eldest child, or then moved halfway across the country to find it.
The tiny rural school in the picturesque village of Elton,in the Derbyshire Dales, is in stark contrast to the four-form-entry primary school she left behind on the south coast. It is also the school to which she and her mother went, or five-year-weak Alfie has blossomed since he joined his infant lesson of seven children,which includes reception and years 1 and 2, in a school that educates only 19 children in total.
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Source: theguardian.com