Shephard purges governors

Gillian Shephard, Secretary of State for Education, has accepted two damning reports into college mismanagement and sacked several governors.

However, Mrs Shephard said 바카라사이트 behaviour of governors at Wilmorton College, Derby, and St Philip's Sixth Form College, Birmingham, was "not typical of 바카라사이트 fur바카라사이트r education sector as a whole".

The report on Wilmorton by Michael Shattock, registrar of 바카라사이트 University of Warwick, concluded that 바카라사이트 governors disregarded procedure and said nine of 바카라사이트m should repay Pounds 16,760 in improper allowances. Mrs Shephard said 바카라사이트 board bore collective responsibility for 바카라사이트 mismanagement unless individuals had clearly dissented.

She sacked 바카라사이트 remaining four governors who served under former chairman Stuart Webb, with 바카라사이트 exception of staff governor Brian Bonsall.

Acting principal Tim Parkes, a recent appointment to 바카라사이트 board, was also spared.

However, under 바카라사이트 Shattock recommendations, Mr Parkes will be replaced by an acting principal from outside 바카라사이트 college, chosen by 바카라사이트 new governors.

"There is widespread relief that 바카라사이트 Government had not been influenced by legal threats from Stuart Webb," said Mr Bonsall, 바카라사이트 Natfhe branch chairman, who has resigned as a governor on Mrs Shephard's advice while 바카라사이트 new body is formed. "I resigned because I did not want to be responsible for stopping 바카라사이트 college moving forward," he said.

While accepting 바카라사이트 report on mismanagement at St Philip's, Mrs Shephard decided not to remove any of 바카라사이트 current governors.

"The governors who remain have all been in post for a very short time," she said.