The papers, marked “official – sensitive”, are used by the East of England and North-East London Headteacher Board (HTB) to advise regional schools commissioner Tim Coulson on which schools should be academies, who should run them, and which are under-performing.

Its most controversial decisions include turning the Hewett School in Norwich into an academy, sponsored by the Inspiration Trust, last year.

Reported by The Eastern Daily Press. You can read the full story here. 

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