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<\/a><\/p>\nI just think it is fundamentally wrong that the government should seek to impose their views on how a school should be run against the wishes of everyone at the school.<\/p>\n
\u2018The test is whether this will make the school better and will pupils do better.It would be very difficult to justify Brigantia taking over on those grounds.’<\/p>\n
King Edward’s regularly sends a dozen pupils each year to Oxford or Cambridge. This year, of just 31 places at Oxford to study modern languages and linguistics, three offers were made to KES sixth formers.<\/p>\n
Ms Maitlis, 52, has previously said she might not be where she is today without an \u2018inspirational’ English teacher at King Edward’s.<\/p>\n
She said she was set to pursue foreign languages at university but Jon Gallagher’s English lessons changed her mind and she went on to study English Literature at Queen’s College, Cambridge.<\/p>\n
She said: \u2018The most important thing he taught us was that not everything is as it seems.He taught us to be sceptical. That is massively real and relevant to what I do in my life now.<\/p>\n
\u2018Government, politics and current affairs are rarely what they appear to be. You have to take a closer look and see what’s underneath.’<\/p>\n
Ms Maitlis, whose career on Newsnight spanned from 2006 to last year, is the programme’s only presenter to have gone to a state school.<\/p>\n
The DFE says Brigantia has a \u2018strong’ record because three of its schools are rated ‘good’, while the two schools rated as \u2018requiring improvement’ were taken over from another academy chain and Brigantia is working to raise standards.<\/p>\n
A spokeswoman said: \u2018As with any school that receives an overall judgement of inadequate, King Edward VII will become an academy and be transferred to a strong trust – with a strong track record of ensuring pupils receive the highest standard of education – while retaining its historic ethos.’<\/p>\n
Brigantia said the final decision on King Edward’s lies with the Secretary of State.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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