Sentences with phrase «labour sponsor academies»

At Bett Academies this month, I will start off by looking at what evidence there is to support the belief that the academies programme has so far made an impact on educational standards in England, looking initially at the performance of the Labour sponsor academies that were set up by Tony Blair and his Government.

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An education freedom act would take educational decision - making firmly away from the politicians and into the hands of local authorities, while sponsor - managed schools would replace Labour's academies, to be commissioned by local authorities rather than central government.

The academies programme started under Labour, targeting low - performing schools that were taken over by a sponsor.

Mr Hunt said Labour also wanted measures to make it easier for academies to move sponsors.

In a speech and question session at the NASUWT union fringe Tristram Hunt came out fighting — defending Labour's record on sponsored academies and outing problems with Ofsted.

The Manchester Central MP said Labour's sponsored academy programme did «a huge amount to transform a small number of failing schools in disadvantaged areas», but warned there was «no evidence» that the process of changing schools into academies «in and of itself» led to school improvement.

Many of these sponsored academies were established to boost standards at under - performing schools in disadvantaged areas under Tony Blair's Labour government.

Under Labour, academies had to have sponsors - who invested up to # 2m in return for receiving state funding directly from central government.

The retired property tycoon and former Labour donor put up nearly # 2.5 million to sponsor the school, which became the first all - through academy in the country.