David Norris (Independent)

This is a scandal. Its headquarters at the old veterinary college were sold and it was told it was to move to Greendale community school. It has now been told, however, that it is being axed and the Department of Education and Science has put out a press statement that misleadingly suggests it is going voluntarily. This is wrong. We must have an explanation why these 40 teachers are being let go and why newly arrived programme refugees from Burma and Sudan are being left swinging in the air, so to speak.