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School's Marbella trip cancelled Teachers' Marbella trip cancelled
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A four-day school training trip which would have seen teaching staff sent to Marbella has been called off, it has been announced. A four-day teachers' training trip to Marbella in southern Spain, which would have cost thousands of pounds, has been called off.
Pupils at Edensor Technology College in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, had been expected to stay at home on Thursday and Friday while teachers were away.Pupils at Edensor Technology College in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, had been expected to stay at home on Thursday and Friday while teachers were away.
However, city council officials said the Spanish trip had been called off. City council officials said the trip had been called off but gave no reason.
The school had said the trip was necessary for staff to discuss its new curriculum and academy plans. Staff are now expected to discuss the school's new curriculum and academy plans on site.
The city council has not given a reason for the cancellation. The full cost of the trip has not been disclosed, but BBC calculations estimated it at £18,000.
Stoke-on-Trent's elected mayor Mark Meredith had previously criticised the planned trip and said he was glad it had been called off.