BURNLEY businesses are backing a breakaway school for children whose parents are refusing to send them to mainstream institutions.
The parents launched a community school of their own after their children were denied their choice of places in Burnley schools.
Several families refused to send their children to school places allocated by Lancashire County Council.
The parents have since set up a makeshift community school at the Enterprise Centre in Rossendale Road.
The "DIY School" as it is now known opened its doors last Monday and has eight children on the books. Uniforms have been provided by clothing manufacturers Simon Jersey, Altham, Bookmark of Rose Grove have supplied textbooks, Sankey Office Supplies of Nelson have donated stationery, a mystery benefactor has paid the building insurance for one year and Astra Care Home Care Services are giving parent Donna Wolfenden time off to work as a teaching assistant at the school.
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