St Olave's & St Saviour's Grammar School

On 11 May 2016 a petition was set up by students objecting to new, harder sixth form entry requirements; it gained over 1,000 signatures in two days. Then in August 2017, parents were informed that sixteen children were no longer welcome to continue into year 13, as their year 12 results were too poor. This caused a group of parents to take the school to court for excluding the pupils unlawfully. On 1 September, the school made a statement that the excluded pupils would be allowed to return to school for Year 13. The chair of the governors resigned due to lack of time to carry out his role. It emerged that headteacher Aydin Önaç and bursar Alan Wooley had set up a business earlier in 2016, with the knowledge of the governors, where they were registered as the sole shareholders. The company filed three applications to hold trademarks related to St Olave's school. The governors decided the format of the business did not follow good practice. On 19 October 2017 the new chair of governors, Paul Wright, announced that the headteacher had been suspended "without prejudice" while an inquiry ("in respect of concerns that have been raised over recent weeks") by the Bromley London Borough Council took place. Some parents used the annual general meeting of the school's parents' association in early November to campaign for Önaç's reinstatement, but the following week, on 17 November, the school announced Önaç would be leaving the school in December 2017, "for personal reasons". Freedom of Information requests revealed that 72 students had been forced out of the school during their A-level studies since Önaç became head in the 2010-2011 academic year. The report criticised the school's financial management and the way in which five governors who disagreed with the head were removed, and found the head unconstitutionally interfered with the management of the PA (Parents Association). It criticised the head and bursar's establishment of the companies to manage school trademarks.