Two free schools in Greater Manchester will be re-brokered to new multi-academy trusts after one was placed into special measures on its first inspection and the second given a financial notice to improve. The Collective Spirit free school in Oldham, which opened in September 2013, received an Ofsted judgement of “inadequate” in all categories in May last year. A follow-up inspection, in November last year, found school lunches were “such poor quality that pupils often throw their lunch away.” And the Manchester Creative Studio in Oldham, which opened in September 2014, received a financial notice to improve in June 2016 after misjudging its pupil numbers. Both free schools are led by chief executive Raja Miah, the former charity head who won an MBE for his social integration work in 2004. He is also listed as a member of both schools. An identical statement published on both the schools’ websites states they will be handed to new multi-academy trusts once “suitable partners can be identified”, as first reported by the Manchester Evening News. But MPs are calling for the free schools to be closed down. Jim McMahon, Labour MP for Oldham West and Royton, who opposed the sale of former South Chadderton school’s…http://schoolsweek.co.uk/government-to-rebroker-manchester-free-schools-founded-by-charity-boss/