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Anita Anand asks what impact the government's plans for free schools and new academies are having on the ground. Is our education system becoming more divided? She travels to the Bristol Free School, near Westbury-on-Trym, and asks what impact its arrival has had on its neighbours. She also asks what impact the new academy programme has had on those schools which are still in the state-maintained sector. Have academies benefited financially from opting out of the state sector? And how are disadvantaged pupils likely to be affected by coalition education plans? Contributors Blair King, Chair of Governors, Bristol Free School Barbara Janke, Lib Dem leader of Bristol City Council Linda Tanner, Bristol Evening Post Zenna Atkins, MD Wey education Richard Brown, Headteacher, Urswick School Melissa Benn, Local Schools Network James Groves, Policy Exchange Nick Gibb, Schools Minister Producer : Rosamund Jones.
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