This means they are switching schools outside the times when schools usually take on new pupils.

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The astronomy and astrophysics major says she never considered switching schools.

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Unlike their athletes (who still face a transferring penalty for breaching their letter-of-intent if their coach leaves), coaches have no waiting period when switching schools and until this change in the length of a scholarship, schools had no waiting period to replace a player dismissed under a non-renewed scholarship.

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But on September 1st Mr Gove said that just 32 schools would be switching to academies at the start of term.

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He added that some schools would be getting new teachers because many people who had lost jobs in areas such as banking were switching careers to teaching.

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