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The Head Teacher at one of London's top-performing academies | :00:18. | :00:25. | |
is under investigation, suspected of fixing exam results. | :00:26. | :00:29. | |
Mark Keary, at the Green Spring Academy in east London has been | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
suspended along with senior members of staff. | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
This programme understands that the allegations relate to GCSE | :00:37. | :00:39. | |
Here's our Education Correspondent, Marc Ashdown. | :00:40. | :00:46. | |
Or do they? schools in the country. | :00:47. | :01:01. | |
BBC London understands a widespread investigation has been under way | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
for some time into allegations some examinations, this year and last | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
On a salary of around ?220,000 a year, he is the third | :01:09. | :01:17. | |
We were tipped off about this last night and this morning the trust | :01:18. | :01:24. | |
which runs this academy confirmed a number of members of staff, | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
including Mark Keary, have been suspended. | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
They say it follows an investigation into alleged | :01:32. | :01:33. | |
misconduct into examinations, which found some irregularities. | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
It's caused obvious concern for parents. | :01:38. | :01:41. | |
I am worried, specifically because I've got my kids | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
I think it's going to affect a lot of families, a lot of concerns. | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
Really I am disappointed about it because my children go | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
With these kind of things you can't trust the education | :01:56. | :02:02. | |
The Department for Education told us there is no place | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
for cheating in our schools, and while exam mal-practice | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
is extremely rare, it is right any allegations | :02:13. | :02:19. | |
"Following an investigation, exam mal-practice has been identified, | :02:20. | :02:28. | |
resulting in disciplinary action being taken." | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
But some say a ruthless results-based system has created | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
We are aware that there seem to be a growing number of cases | :02:36. | :02:41. | |
where either teachers or schools are accused or found guilty | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
And we can't condone that but we think it's a sign | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
of the pressure that schools are under. | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
So that means that if you get a year group with some children | :02:54. | :03:00. | |
who find it harder to learn, they might have special needs, | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
it doesn't take many of those children to completely | :03:04. | :03:06. | |
And on the basis of those results, school leaders and teachers can | :03:07. | :03:13. | |
Green Spring used to be Bethnal Green Academy. | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
In 2015 three teenage pupils fled to Syria to join | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
Mark Keary was praised for his handling of the incident. | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
The school retained its outstanding Ofsted rating. | :03:30. | :03:33. | |
But now it is under the spotlight again, over what the Trust admits | :03:34. | :03:35. | |
are serious allegations of possible exam fixing. | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
Well Tolu Adayoyay has more on the story. | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
Could the exam results of students caught up in this be affected? | :03:43. | :03:43. | |
This is very different from when an individual student has been found to | :03:44. | :03:50. | |
cheat that. Can be treated more easily. In this situation, it could | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
be institutional mal-practice which is much more systemic. It is | :03:55. | :03:56. | |
unlikely there would be retrospective action. There could be | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
more regulation at the school. The school could be prevented from | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
holding exams altogether. But now the regional Commissioner is working | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
with academy trusts, to make the investigation is under way. | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
There's a demand for quick action to be taken to improve safety | :04:09. | :04:10. | |
for cyclists in London, after three deaths were recorded | :04:11. | :04:13. | |
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, agrees something has to be done, | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
saying millions of pounds will be invested to do exactly that. | :04:19. | :04:20. | |
Here's our Transport Correspondent Tom Edwards. | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
In Silverstown there are flowers by the side of the road, close | :04:24. | :04:25. | |
The words say, "A great father and husband, sadly missed." | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
Ben Wells was one of three cyclists who died over four days. | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
Carla Morgan and Anita Szucs also died in collisions with vehicles. | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
Again it has raised questions about if enough is being done | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
In two of these deaths there are similarities, | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
both involved large vehicles, a coach and an HGV. | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
HGVs, in particular, have blind spots, where | :04:54. | :04:56. | |
One eye witness has told me that what happened here was - | :04:57. | :05:03. | |
the cyclist came off his bike when he slipped in the mud. | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
Last year nine cyclists died in London. | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
Millions have gone into safer segregated | :05:13. | :05:15. | |
Campaigners say the mayor must now speed up plans for safer | :05:16. | :05:27. | |
lorries with better vision and more bike lanes. | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
We really need the delivery to be accelerated. | :05:33. | :05:35. | |
We need things to move off and that's what's important in order | :05:36. | :05:38. | |
The mayor has a scheme where only lorries with better vision will be | :05:39. | :05:44. | |
allowed on London's roads, but it won't start until 2020. | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
He says he will also invest ?770 million in cycling and that | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
Is it safe on the road if you are a cyclist? | :05:53. | :05:59. | |
If you have been the victim of an accident, if you are a bereaved | :06:00. | :06:02. | |
family member or friend, clearly it isn't. | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
The reality is you have to make it far, far easier | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
The good news is the number of people who cycle is going up. | :06:11. | :06:17. | |
The good news is that there is an appetite for people | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
who aren't cyclists, to start cycling. | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
We have to make it as safe and easy as possible. | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
Really cold, chilly and grim this afternoon. Yes, more of the same to | :06:30. | :06:39. | |
come really, yes, over the next 24 hours. The weather a bit dull as | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
dish water at the moment. A lot of cloud around A few flurries of snow | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
but not doing very much. This was a weather watcher scene from Bentley | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
in North East Hampshire. On the pressure chart, a little area of low | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
pressure to the north-east of France but it is getting swished by the | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
massive area of high pressure across sand navia which is why the front | :07:01. | :07:04. | |
isn't very active. Sure there will be some more flurries to come but | :07:05. | :07:08. | |
for most it won't settle. Perhaps a dusting over the downs, as best as I | :07:09. | :07:14. | |
can offer you. It will be cold with a risk of icy patches for tomorrow | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
morning. And tomorrow you can read this headline as - more of the same. | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
Yes, a cloudy start, some snow showers to start the day but a trend | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
for those snow showers to turn to rain as the day goes by. The | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
exception to that rule probably over the hills where | :07:32. | :07:33. | |
exception to that rule probably over the hills where again there could be | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
a bit of snow, but not accumulating. Another cold | :07:38. | :07:41. |