Campaign for real education attacks school closure

A STINGING criticism of Conservative-controlled Suffolk County Council's “anti-choice” education policy has been published on an Internet blog site read daily by tens of thousands of Tory voters.

Nick Seaton, of the Campaign for Real Education, said that children will suffer from the decision in particular to shut Clare Middle School and accused the council of “allowing left wing bureaucrats to drive” its schools policy.

He was backed yesterday by Suffolk South's Tory MP Tim Yeo who said he was “disappointed” that the council was not following the party's policy nationally of supporting aspirational parents who want to keep good schools open.

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