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Parents are being denied the choice of what sort of Secondary School their youngsters can go to, according to a Teachers Union.

The NUT says that with the vast majority of Secondary’s in Northamptonshire being Academies, options have been taken away for people who might prefer schools linked to the County Council.

Reporter Tom Percival explains how academies operate, and reporter Willy Gilder talks to Mums and Dads outside Cedar Road Primary Academy in Northampton. Stuart talks to Gordon White from the NUT in Northamptonshire, to Siobhan Hearne, the Principal at Latimer Arts College, to Sir Mike Griffiths, the Principal of Northampton School for Boys, and to Sally Manz, Northamptonshire's Schools Improvement Manager.

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