Sentences with phrase «monmouthshire local education authority»

But it was just the opposite; grant maintained schools had far more autonomy than schools under the thumb of the local education authority.

It is not the responsibility of the local education authority, or the local school, or, indeed the health visitor!

If it appears to a local education authority that a child of compulsory school age in their area is not receiving suitable education, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise, they shall serve a notice in writing on the parent requiring him to satisfy them within the period specified in the notice that the child is receiving such education.

My only slight quibble with this book is that the Local Education Authorities are claimed to have responsibility for the education of all children.

Increasingly, local home education groups have their own mailing lists for letting folk know about meetings or outings, for discussing problems with their local education authority, or for anything else related to their area.

The Act passed most of the powers of the GLC to the boroughs (and the remainder were taken back by the government), although the Inner London Education Authority survived as an independent body until 1988 (the Outer London Boroughs became the Local Education Authorities for their areas).

The Education Act of 1980 introduced the Assisted Place Scheme which took selected and gifted children out of the state school system and placed them into independent schools; the trade union reform acts abolished the closed shops, secondary picketing and stamped down wild - cat strikes; the Education Act of 1988 introduced City Technology Colleges, which took states schools out of the purview of the Local Education Authority; the 1988 Next Steps development began a transformation of the civil service by fragmenting in up into executive agencies; and the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 introduced the internal market into the NHS.

We are going to make it easier by making sure that statements (of special needs) are not provided by local education authorities, they are provided by someone separate.

In an idea very similar to that proposed by Iain Duncan Smith, the public services policy group will say that parents should have the power to set up new schools to rival those of local education authorities:

Adonis lived in a council children's home until the age of 11, when he was awarded a local education authority grant to attend Kingham Hill School, a boarding school in Oxfordshire.

Adonis also encouraged state schools to adopt practices of the private sector and generally believed in giving individual schools more independence and autonomy from central government and the local education authorities.

State school teachers are employed by Local Education Authorities or the governing bodies of their schools, but their pay and conditions are set centrally by the Education Secretary.

That view was simply swept aside with the trite «simply returning to the old local education authorities was not an option».

Both these concerns were exacerbated by the practices of some local education authorities, in concentrating resources on their grammar schools.

If you are going to have radical reform of the education system you HAVE to dismantle the embedded ability of veto held by local education authorities.

There are 13 high schools under the domain of the local education authority, 12 of which are either comprehensive, foundation or voluntary - aided, and one city academy.

Local education authorities used to ensure a «national system, locally delivered».

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Earlier this year, the local education authority in Bedfordshire admitted they had racially discriminated against two brothers of Middle Eastern descent, aged seven and five, over fears that a toy gun given to them as a present may have been a radicalisation risk.

Companies specialising in flexible working will be offered a # 500,000 incentive, and local education authorities are required to rewrite careers literature to ensure that advice that is «free from gender stereotyping».

She said that the training was organised for local governments Unit Heads of Nutrition, Environmental Sanitation, Health Educators, and Education Secretaries of the 34 Local Education Authorities in the state.

This target was imposed upon Local Education Authorities, which are required to draw up detailed class size plans and to restrict admissions or increase teaching capacity at particular schools to enable the targets to be met.

After its election the Government put this requirement on a statutory footing: Clause 1 of the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998 placed a duty on Local Education Authorities (LEAs) and schools to restrict class sizes to 30 in Key Stage One classes from September 2002.

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Local education authorities have mediated the RE syllabus for decades.

Yet some local education authorities could lose out as the Chancellor announced the current school funding system would be abolished.

Other concerns include what will happen to the community role that used to be performed by local education authorities in relation to badly - behaved pupils or pupils with special educational needs.

This confused system is made up of state schools that continue to be maintained by Local Education Authorities (LEAs), as well as academies and free schools, which are free from LEA control.

He has forgotten the role of local education authorities in those days, often a force for innovation and an important counter balance to central government and special interests.

U.K. undergraduates can get a disabled - students allowance (DSA) of up to # 18,500 from their local education authority.

Even when health and safety is the Local Education Authority's responsibility, it is good practice for schools to draw up their own policies.

They are finding themselves stretched and unsupported as they no longer have the same level of help that was previously provided by local education authorities and their technical and procurement resources.

Pat has previously held senior positions in local education authorities and was an adviser to the government on education.

In today's economy, school specifiers and local education authorities are bottom line conscious, but surprisingly, not all are choosing the cheapest way of doing things, say many contractors and installers.

This makes clear that the support provided by governors, local education authorities and academy chains to head teachers is equally as important as that provided to a teacher by line manager or head of department.

«Monmouthshire Local Education Authority department also recognise the importance of this and make sure that the schools are aware of this element of the risk assessment when booking trips abroad.»

They are funded directly by the government and run independently of local education authorities.

He has wide and extensive experience as a teacher and headteacher and a local education authority school improvement adviser.

For this analysis, school characteristics taken into account include national percentile test rank, the proportion of students eligible for a free lunch, whether the school is secular or religious, and the local education authority in which it is located.

New build Wernick Buildings recently supplied additional teaching space to Slough's local education authority in double quick time.

Whilst the last few years have seen a significant change in the role of the local education authority (LEA), successive governments have still seen fit to ensure the responsibility for school place planning still rests with the local authority.

Until recently the majority of schools within the state sector have relied on the Local Education Authority to arrange their insurance.

However, it is up to schools and Local Education Authorities (LEAs) to develop their own health and safety strategy, based on an assessment of local need.

Modular buildings in record time To expand their school facilities quickly and cost - effectively local education authorities are turning increasingly to factory built, modular construction.

Target Audience: 10,330 copies distributed to head teachers, Academies, and Local Education Authorities, throughout the UK, six times a year.

Types of school The overall responsibility for health and safety in other types of school is as follows: for community schools, community special schools, voluntary controlled schools, maintained nursery schools and pupil referral units, the employer is the local education authority (LEA).

The surge in the birth rate that began a few years ago, particularly in London, is now starting to have significant implications for local education authorities as demand for school places starts to outstrip supply.

What's more, 15 local education authorities reported a 50 per cent increase in stress - related absence.

As we are all aware, educational establishments at primary and secondary school level rely on funding from the local education authority and in times where austerity budgets are tight, as should be expected with what little additional funds there are, funding is better put to use providing teaching aids to enhance the students learning rather than providing for their security.

We want to work with schools - with parents, pupils, teachers, head teachers, support staff, local education authorities and civil servants to run a number of studies to find out what the ideal starting time is, and how schools can manage this.»