Sentences with phrase «as academy trusts»

«Once again we are seeing a threat to children's education and our members» livelihoods as another academy trust pursues its flawed financial strategy.
As an academy trust many support functions are centralised to enable us to provide a more efficient and cost - effective service, freeing up our schools to focus on front - line education.

Not exact matches

The academy and the temple can, for now, no longer be trusted as theological guides.
Chelsea may want to look at the success of Christensen as a reminder that it can pay to trust academy players more, and fans would dearly love to see another John Terry come through after his immense contribution to the club's modern history.
Stroll had already secured the trust of Ferrari and joined its Driver Academy, but he left at the end of the year to move to Williams as a test driver alongside another F3 campaign with front - runners Prema.
The Holocaust Educational Trust paid a special visit to the Academy this week as Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper BEM delivered a talk to Liverpool's U14, U15 and U18 squads.
Trusted health organizations like The World Health Organization (WHO) and The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend breast milk as the best way for newborns and infants to get nutrition.
The church building still remains, but is now owned and operated by the Carlton Academy PTA from Nottingham and is now used as an outdoor education facility for their pupils and those from other schools in the Redhill Academy Trust
Joined at the event by Dr. Sandra Hassink, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and by Jessica Donze Black, head of the Kids» Safe and Healthful Foods Project at the Pew Charitable Trusts, Vilsack movingly described how, as the son of a drug - and alcohol - addicted adoptive mother, he was shamed for being overweight which in turn impacted his performance in school.
As well as forcing schools to become academies, the government intends to remove the requirement for governing bodies to have parent governors, with multi academy trusts (MAT) being able to close down the governing bodies of individual schoolAs well as forcing schools to become academies, the government intends to remove the requirement for governing bodies to have parent governors, with multi academy trusts (MAT) being able to close down the governing bodies of individual schoolas forcing schools to become academies, the government intends to remove the requirement for governing bodies to have parent governors, with multi academy trusts (MAT) being able to close down the governing bodies of individual schools.
Section 28B — a new section that requires Academy Trusts to promote fundamental British values, as outlined above.
«Clauses 2.43 and 2.44 of the funding agreement... explicitly require that pupils are taught about the theory of evolution, and prevent academy trusts from teaching «creationism» as scientific fact.
They explicitly require that pupils are taught about the theory of evolution, and prevent academy trusts from teaching «creationism» as scientific fact.
Tony Blair's personal fundraiser Lord Levy, Des Smith, a head teacher and member of the specialist schools and academies trust, and businessman Sir Christopher Evans who lent Labour # 1 million before the last election, were arrested by the police as part of the cross-party probe.
As a consequence of this, the Methodist Church was required by the DfE to set up an Academy umbrella, the Methodist Academies and Schools Trust (MAST), or else lose control of its schools that become Academies.
In return partnership with an academy or within a trust offers reciprocal benefits such as staff development, sharing of expertise and best practice and expanded learning opportunities for students.»
It also featured promises of more education reforms, with the «best headteachers» working in more than one school as trusts, academies and federations are expanded.
The government insists that in giving NHS trusts and schools more freedom to govern their affairs, as in the case of foundation hospitals and city academies, they are reducing Whitehall control and increasing participation of service users and local people.
The research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, explores distrust as a separate and distinct quality from trust.
Episodes include on Part 1 are «How to Start a Dragon Academy», «Viking For Hire», «Animal House», «The Terrible Twos», «In Dragons We Trust», «Alvin and the Outcasts», «How to Pick Your Dragon», «Portrait of Hiccup as a Buff Young Man», «Dragon Flower», «Heather Report Part I», and «Heather Report Part II».
As she charts her course abroad, her trusted advisor, Sir Francis Walsingham (Academy Award & # 174 winner Geoffrey Rush), continues his masterful puppetry of Elizabeth's court at home — and her campaign to solidify absolute power.
As well as the focus on a «school led system», government policy is to encourage schools to collaborate under multi-academy trusts, i.e. academy trusts which operate a number of schoolAs well as the focus on a «school led system», government policy is to encourage schools to collaborate under multi-academy trusts, i.e. academy trusts which operate a number of schoolas the focus on a «school led system», government policy is to encourage schools to collaborate under multi-academy trusts, i.e. academy trusts which operate a number of schools.
Honor Wilson Fletcher of the Aldridge Foundation says:» The National Literacy Trust is being really smart; understand how academies work as a whole and you have the chance to embed lasting, effective strategies for literacy in their DNA.
Weak governance was also flagged with four trusts exposed as lacking in these areas — namely Theale Green Academy Trust, Durham Free School Limited, the Business Academy Bexley, and the Bishop of Rochester Academy Trust.
Many local authorities are just as happy now to provide capital grant to schools and academies to deliver additional school places and the EFA is currently trialling local delivery of the Priority School Building Programme (which they had previously delivered centrally) with funding allocated to local authorities, dioceses and larger multi-academy trusts.
While the government is no longer forcing every school to convert, the general direction of travel hasn't really changed — the Department for Education (DfE) remains in favour of schools becoming academies, particularly as part of a multi-academy trust (MAT).
Sam Tse, head of finance at the South Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust, adopted a ParentPay system in 2015 to redirect valuable staff resource away from cash management and income tracking, as well as reduce the risk of money being lost.
Whilst this might not have been an issue for schools becoming academies on their own (as a single academy trust) this is becoming more of an issue for multi ‑ academy trusts and particularly for sponsored academies who may be reluctant to inherit either crumbling buildings or new buildings commissioned by a local authorities without a full set of warranties.
The report raised concerns that the supply of new head teachers is declining just as the demand is set to increase, citing plans to create 500 free schools, which will require new executive head roles in multi academy trusts.
A survey commissioned by academy trust Bohunt Education Trust (BET) has found that only 10 per cent of people believe that children today have more outdoor education opportunities than they had in their school years, with nearly three ‑ quarters of people (71 per cent) blaming cost as the biggest factor stopping children experiencing outdoor educatrust Bohunt Education Trust (BET) has found that only 10 per cent of people believe that children today have more outdoor education opportunities than they had in their school years, with nearly three ‑ quarters of people (71 per cent) blaming cost as the biggest factor stopping children experiencing outdoor educaTrust (BET) has found that only 10 per cent of people believe that children today have more outdoor education opportunities than they had in their school years, with nearly three ‑ quarters of people (71 per cent) blaming cost as the biggest factor stopping children experiencing outdoor education.
NCG has lobbied for individual colleges within the Group to be awarded separate grades for some time — surely, an approach not too dissimilar to schools in academy trusts, who already receive a grade specific to them as opposed to the overall trust.
The West London Free School in Hammersmith proved so popular that Young went on to open three more as part of the West London Free School Academies Trust.
Any Trust or standalone academy or school that signs a contract with Energy Management will receive trees, free of charge, to plant within their grounds as we all strive for a greener future.
The landscape going forward As every school becomes an academy we will see further Multi Academy Trusts (MATs) academy we will see further Multi Academy Trusts (MATs) Academy Trusts (MATs) evolve.
Kerry Ace, CIPFA's expert on academies, examines the role of a head teacher as an accounting officer in a single academy trust
Christine has a wealth of experience having previously served as a headteacher and more recently in her capacity as both Executive Principal and CEO of Ninestiles Academy trust.
The Education Funding Agency (EFA) holds academy trusts to account as central government public bodies for their finances and OFSTED holds them to account for academies» teaching.
Furthermore, the report says that existing independent academies are being increasingly forced into «arranged - marriages» with larger Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) as an act of preservation and to generate economies of scale.
All academy trusts are held to account in their capacity as charities by the Charities Commission.
As a leading provider of premises services solutions to schools, academies and multi academy trusts throughout the UK, Strictly Education has been providing support to schools across the UK and helping clients identify risks to remain compliant with health and safety legislation with a range of property support options.
For any small school the challenges that come with more regulation are impractical to undertake as a single entity; they will be much better placed to join a Multi Academy Trust and share in the central support functions they can supply.
The academy trust is required by its funding agreement with the Secretary of State for Education to designate a named individual as the «accounting officer» and this designation confers legal responsibility for financial and administrative matters.
The report highlights some of the most high - profile multi-academy trust (MAT) failures such as the Wakefield City Academies Trust and says the DfE was unable to properly explain what happens to a school's funds when its academy trust ftrust (MAT) failures such as the Wakefield City Academies Trust and says the DfE was unable to properly explain what happens to a school's funds when its academy trust fTrust and says the DfE was unable to properly explain what happens to a school's funds when its academy trust ftrust fails.
«North Yorkshire County Council supports the application from Heathfield Academy Trust, which already sponsors a number of schools near Catterick and who the DfE identified as a potential sponsor for the new school in Catterick.
As part of the newly formed Isle Education Trust, the step to becoming an academy was a natural progression for South Axholme Academy, which had already previously converted from state maintained to trust stTrust, the step to becoming an academy was a natural progression for South Axholme Academy, which had already previously converted from state maintained to trust academy was a natural progression for South Axholme Academy, which had already previously converted from state maintained to trust Academy, which had already previously converted from state maintained to trust sttrust status.
The Academies Financial Handbook of 2014 required a trust's internal control framework to include preparation of timely monthly management accounts (including income and expenditure reports on an accruals basis, cash flow forecasts and balance sheets as appropriate).
Whether we like it or not, it appears that more and more schools will become «married» as part of a Multi Academy Trust in the years ahead; leaving behind their relative independence (and the varying quality of parenting provided by different Local Authorities) in order to enter into an often polygamous lifelong partnership with other schools.
The country's largest multi-academy trust, Academies Enterprise Trust (AET), has had Julian Drinkall appointed as its new chief executrust, Academies Enterprise Trust (AET), has had Julian Drinkall appointed as its new chief execuTrust (AET), has had Julian Drinkall appointed as its new chief executive.
Dan Styles, the Trust Improvement Partner at Wakefield Academies Trust, is very aware of these attitudinal fluctuations and the school has introduced a number of interventions to limit the dip as much as possible.
Chris Brislen is chief executive officer of St Bart's Multi-Academy Trust and as a National Leader of Education (NLE) he has led several academies to an improved future.
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