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<p>Governors may resign at any time for their own reasons; they do not need to tell
the Department for Education or their fellow governors why.</p><p> </p><p>The Department's
preference is for small and manageable, skill-based strategic governing bodies as
these are more effective, and it will normally recommend this when an academy trust
is first formed. The governance arrangements for an academy trust are set out in its
articles of association.</p><p> </p><p>Park View Educational Trust has told the Department
that there was a need to rationalise the governing body to ensure it could operate
more effectively, and in order to comply with the Department's preferred model when
other academies joined the trust to form a multi-academy trust.</p><p> </p><p>We are
aware of the serious allegations made in relation to some local authority schools
and academies in Birmingham. Park View Academy has recently been inspected by Ofsted,
and officials from the Department have also visited the school. We will not hesitate
to take firm action if the high standards and requirements expected of schools are
not being met – in particular, where we become aware of issues of concern in an academy
we will move quickly to resolve these. It would not be appropriate to comment further
at this time.</p>
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