COLCHESTER MP Will Quince has written to the Eduction Secretary requesting a meeting after Colchester Academy was among the schools featured in a Panorama exposé.

The school, taken over by Bright Tribe in 2015, was featured in the show on Monday night.

It alleged trust bosses failed to use £750,000 in public money which was given to it to improve the school, including its sports hall and its fire safety standards, but the works were not completed.

In light of the programme, the Mr Quince said: “I have written to the Secretary of State for Education and Schools Minister requesting a meeting to discuss the issues raised on Panorama last night relating to Bright Tribe and Colchester Academy.

“Very serious issues have been raised and it is right and proper that these are raised at ministerial level.”

However, the MP’s actions do not go far enough for some critics.

Julie Young, who represents Greenstead on Colchester Council, has also written to Essex County Council, requesting an urgent fire safety inspection of the Hawthorn Avenue school.

At the time of the alleged inpropriety, the trust was run by businessman Michael Dwan, who has denied the allegations.

During filming, he walked out of an interview after reporter Bronagh Munro presented him with a document, which he and an advisors said they “did not recognise” despite it belonging to Bright Tribe.