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More playing field sell-offs

Education officials tonight admitted the number of school playing field sell-offs has increased again. Earlier it emerged that Education Secretary Michael Gove overruled independent advice not to allow the sale of the playing fields.

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Selling playing fields 'only viable option' for some schools

David Simmonds, Tory chairman of the Local Government Association’s Children and Young People Board, told the Daily Telegraph:

We are concerned that ministers seem to be increasingly disregarding the advice of the independent School Playing Fields Advisory Panel.

We are also concerned that this is likely to become more of a problem in years to come as we see more and more schools taking on academy status and becoming exempt from the guidance that applies to other schools.

However, the sad reality is that some schools may feel selling their outside space is the only viable option open to them.

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