When Comberton Village College in Cambridgeshire consulted with its community in late 2010 about becoming an academy, some staff members expressed concerns and there were particular issues expressed by the local unions.
Principal Stephen Munday recalls: ‘They wanted to know – ‘Comberton is a local school – why are you doing this? Are you going to change the admissions or staff terms and conditions?’
“We said no and here’s why – any staff working here or applying to work here need to be confident that they will be treated fairly. It would be bizarre for us to change the terms and conditions. As our chair of governors said, if we did that we’d get the staff we deserved.
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