So I ask again.. why the rush? Less than 10% of those listed as being interested actually were. The website required people to put in their school details, which I assume is what then meant they were included in Gove's numbers. Now the real total is out, and at most 50 of these are believed to be able to convert by September. This seems to suggest that more time could of been taken, and more thought put into the bill..

Let hope that this smattering of schools do not cost the majority dearly in their own haste..

Well now there is a surprise - not.

 Well, well, well - what an interesting list that is.  I know a couple of the heads of schools on it personally (though I've not seen them for a few years) and went and had a look at one of their websites.

I was intrigued to find that this 'outstanding' school boasts an 'executive head', a 'head' and an 'associate head' - something you normally only find with schools in special measures where various bods are sent in to try to turn it around.  I wondered as I looked at it how much money was already being spent on their salaries alone and then a reason as to why they might want to get their hands on the amount the LA holds back came to me...