Call to shut down worst 100 schools

14th September 2012, 1:00am

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Call to shut down worst 100 schools

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The “worst 100 schools in the country” should be shut down and university technical colleges set up in their buildings, the architect of the UTCs initiative has said. Former Westminster education secretary Lord Baker said the schools should be “closed immediately” and relaunched as technical schools for 14-19s.

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