Teacher strike over academy row  Teachers at a school in
Haringey are going on strike today, in protest against plans to
turn it into an academy.  View all 2 updates ›  Anti-academy
protest outside school  Teachers, who have gone on strike in
protest against plans to turn their school into an academy, were
joined by parents as they demonstrated outside the school today.
Up to 40 parents attended the protest at Downhills Primary in
Haringey.  Sarah Williams, 40, who has two sons at the school,
said:  "There is absolutely no evidence that a change in
structure improves children's educational outcomes.  "When the
process first started I thought it was about improving the
school, but as we've got further along I've realised it's all
about [Education Secretary] Micheal Gove's ideologies that the
only way to improve is to introduce profit.  "If you look at the
figures, this school was already improving, and there's
absolutely no reason why the school can't continue to improve if
left the way it is."  More top news