The school has now been replaced by a city academy since 2007.

According to a report from the centre-Right think tank Policy Exchange, sponsors are losing faith in ministers' commitment to the independence of city academies.

David Cameron has endorsed Labour's creation of city academies, as a way of improving standards in deprived areas.

The school is intended to become a city academy.

A city academy is an independent school within the state system.

There are indications that several city academies are failing.

There has been a similar transformation in the Prime Minister's attitude to city academies.

It was his aides who told journalists of his concerns about city academies and foundation hospitals and university top-up fees.

There are 13 high schools under the domain of the local education authority, 12 of which are either comprehensive, foundation or voluntary-aided, and one city academy.

He was a student of the Utrecht artist society 'Kunstliefde' and the city academy there.