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Private school to become academy
Published: 09 November, 2007
A third independent school in England is to join the state sector as an academy, it has been announced. The Girls' Day School Trust said Birkenhead High School in Wirral was to make the change after consultation. It said Birkenhead would stay a girls' school, but "open up opportunities for more girls across a wide social band". Schools Minister Andrew Adonis meanwhile launched a prospectus aimed at encouraging more private schools to be sponsors of academies. He confirmed that, like universities and successful state schools, they would not have to meet the usual threshold of providing £2m in financial sponsorship. Related articles: 
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