Dismayed parents at Jervoise Primary School in Birmingham have set up a Facebook Group ‘Save Jervoise School’ after being informed on Thursday that the DfE wants to force their good school to become an academy.

Parent Graham Lightning Sweet says that the DfE has targeted the school based on out-of-date figures from 2009.  He says that the experienced headteacher Mr McCabe has turned the school around from Special Measures to ‘Good’ in just three years and this year’s SATS results are expected to be outstanding.