FAST food companies could take over the running of schools under Government plans, even though ministers want to ban fizzy drinks and junk food, a teachers' leader has said. Steve Sinnott, NUT general secretary, attacked the "scandal" in which the school curriculum is being sold to wealthy business figures.
The Government's Education Bill proposes a new generation of trust schools, backed by business and faith groups, with more freedom to run their own affairs. Teachers are angry at the plans, which many regard as outright "privatisation".
