Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Northamptonshire's First Free School Opens

Corby Technical School opens with 57 year seven students & just four permanent teachers, including the head. It's funded by Β£5.8 million of Government money.

Northamptonshire's first Free School - Corby Technical School - opens with 57 year seven students, 4 permanent staff & Β£5.8 million of Government money. It's backed by the Brooke Weston Partnership and by Tresham College. Reporter Martin Borley meets the staff, and Stuart talks to parent Margaret Sweeney, to Sir Peter Simpson, Executive Principal of the Brooke Weston Partnership, and to Gordon White, Northamptonshire County Secretary of the National Union of Teachers.

Plus:

* calls for improved bereavement counselling in Northamptonshire

* Corby Cube architects tell Borough Councillors they want to defend themselves in the row over the Cube overspend

* Wellingborough Prison closure protest

* Countdown begins to Northampton Saints first home match of the season

3 hours

Last on

Mon 3 Sep 2012 06:00

Broadcast

  • Mon 3 Sep 2012 06:00

World War One At Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

Discover incredible stories about life in Northamptonshire during WW1