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Angry and frustrated parents have accused one of Kent’s biggest academy trusts of attempts to erase their community’s heritage and history over plans to give their close-knit primary school a new name. Leigh Academies Trust, based in Strood runs primary, secondary and special academies across Kent, Medway and South East London. From this September, numerous schools run by the organisation will be handed a new name and logo as trust chiefs launch a rebrand of many sites. But while most schools earmarked for a new identity will maintain some fragment of their current name – alongside incorporati…

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