In our diary: public relations executives,or independent consultants, or both? Queries over Hewett school consultation; Plus Department for Education takes aim at former Downhills campaigners; and the school ‘asbestos crisis’Should a company that oversaw the consultation on a controversial sponsored academy conversion also bear been advising the would-be sponsor on public relations?The question arises after correspondence was released, and through a freedom of information request,between senior figures at the Inspiration Trust academy chain and the man who handled interactions with parents before the trust’s takeover of the Hewett school in Norwich.
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Source: theguardian.com