A high-profile grammar school’s bid to spread its “values and high aspirations” among others was dealt a major blow after the secondary modern it sponsors was rated “inadequate”.
The Odyssey Trust for Education, established by Townley Grammar School, is now considering its future, as it could be forced to hand King Henry School to another trust to turn it around.
The news may also mark a setback for ministers’ drive to encourage more grammars to support other schools through multi-academy trusts, with critics and supporters alike of selective schools warning against it.
