Sentences with word «academisation»

Kevin Courtney, the union's joint general secretary, accused the government of pursuing «a reckless and evidence - free policy of academisation of schools» at the NUT section's conference in Brighton on March 31.

Powell told Corbyn that she had enjoyed her role, which included pushing the government to drop plans for forced academisation of schools.

2016 has left us with a number of crucial issues to consider and address, including: the impact that Brexit may have on education; the government's plans for academisation and the subsequent U-turn on the plans; the reintroduction of grammar schools; and the continuing teacher recruitment and retention crises.

«However, this government's focus on academisation at all costs means that other options to tackle school improvement are being ignored including tackling the teacher shortage crisis threatening school standards.»

Plans in the document to turn every state school in England into an academy by 2022 have come under fire from teaching unions and parents» groups, with ongoing protests against forced academisation planned across the country.

However, it is naive to think that the government has abandoned the goal of full academisation, given the extra money involved in running two funding and accountability systems.

Speaking later, Ms Powell suggested she would attempt to form an alliance with Conservative backbenchers opposed to forced academisation in their constituencies.

We believe that the mass academisation of schools, however it is pursued, would:

Carole Willis, the chief executive of the National Foundation for Education Research, welcomed «anything that gives schools greater clarity around accountability» but warned against «placing too much emphasis on using academisation as a silver bullet».

«This forced academisation programme is wrongheaded of itself, but in the context of the very tough and difficult decisions that headteachers are facing it is making their job impossible because they are going to have to spend time and money engaging lawyers and consultants to change their [school's] legal status.»

«The white paper's push for blanket academisation makes me fear for our most vulnerable young people.»

The risks involved with signing up to construction contracts, and the ongoing complexities arising from academisation plans, require a legal perspective.

The headteacher says she has nothing against academisation as a way forward for some schools.

So the inference that «poor» local authorities should be stripped of all schools is another bit of weaselly nonsense aimed at getting to full academisation by stealth if it can not be achieved though direct means.

This suggests that Labour is happy with academisation so long as it is not forced.

Bett Academies, a new event developed in consultation with senior education leaders in the UK, launches this week to provide advice, guidance and inspiration to academies, MATs and schools exploring academisation.

The news comes as critics such as shadow secretary Lucy Powell have branded Morgan's U-turn over academisation a «chaotic mess».

But Mr Shaw added: «In an era of universal academisation and tight local government budgets, it is far from clear that local authorities are best placed to monitor the quality of SEND provision in schools.»

There are evident parallels with the push for total academisation and the removal of the local authority role in school improvement.

This is one area where Academisation makes sense.

Coasting and floor standards will be scrapped, and replaced with a «single, transparent» accountability measure that will prompt government «support» for schools, but not academisation.

They neglect the significant funding earmarked for academisation at the spending review and make totally inaccurate assumptions about the cost of converting schools to academy status.

The Key's John Davies outlines seven steps to help academisation run as smoothly and effectively as possible

The Key's John Davies outlines seven steps to help academisation run smoothly

Timo Hannay, SchoolDash founder, said: «The challenge for those who support compulsory academisation is to explain why a good school should be forced to convert against its wishes if there are unlikely to be any tangible academic gains.

It is important to document this, as academisation continues relentlessly on the ground.

For many people in education and beyond, the grand Goveian plan of mass academisation still grates.

There will be many outstanding schools in areas with a high proportion of underperforming schools that would rightly be outraged if they were forced into academisation for the sin of being located in a such a local authority area.

That rise was steeper in 2011 - 12, with pupils leaving at an average rate of 6.4 per cent after academisation, up from 5.1 per cent.

Among those that became sponsored academies in 2010 - 11, the rate of pupils leaving — to other schools, alternative provision, exclusions or from the education system entirely — rose from 4.8 per cent before academisation to 5.4 per cent afterwards.

Councils are beginning to mobilise against the government's all - out academisation plans, with some aiming to retain their role in schools by setting up academy trusts.

There is another equally compelling reason for forced academisation which can only come about by forcing the process.

TCMAT's annual accounts state they were approached and advised during academisation by Telford and Wrekin Council.

With so many secondary schools already converted, and with the many primary schools unsuitable for conversion, it's «unclear» how feasible further academisation of large numbers will be.

«The whole issue disproves the idea that blanket academisation is the solution for every school that needs improvement,» he says.

Chris Keates: «The announcement on the Conservatives» continuing drive for academisation comes as no surprise.»

Wanting to take the step towards academisation on his own terms, he joined other schools in Northampton who started working together to form NPAT as equal partners, not built on the back of a top - down sponsor.

It remains to be seen if the government will continue to pursue academisation to the extent put forward in the «Educational excellence everywhere» white paper, as its has already backed down on the target for every school to become an academy and its focus has now shifted towards grammar schools.

Hill added that many schools resisting academisation would use the delay to «hold out in hope that an election may change things».

Bexon - Smith presided over significant academisation across her region during her tenure as regional schools commissioner.

Asked three times by Austin why academisation did not feature in the Conservative election manifesto last year, the secretary of state replied: «We've looked at the failing and coastal schools, looked at the numbers, looked at the finances.

Chris Keates: «It should come as no surprise to anyone that the Secretary of State is selecting criteria to define coasting schools to maximise the opportunity for extending academisation.»

«The plans to use academy chains to drive up standards is nothing more than yet another strategy to seek to promote and impose the Government's ideological academisation programme, despite the fact that there is no evidence that this raises standards.

However, its plans for increased academisation have faced opposition from teaching unions, who warn there is no solid proof that turning schools into academies will help to improve standards.

The Education and Adoption Bill is undemocratic in forcing academisation without consultation and excludes the school from selecting the sponsor that is most appropriate to them.»

However, the suggestion of forced academisation drew heavy criticism from teaching unions and the Labour Party, who argued that there was no clear evidence that academy conversion actually raised standards and it would be a waste of money to force successful local authority run schools to convert.

The role of the local authority in running schools has been brought into question this year with the government intention to force academisation upon all schools by 2022.

Research conducted by academics from Sheffield Hallam and Plymouth University has concluded that «distinctive educational and institutional» differences between primary and secondary schools make academisation less appealing to primary schools, Tes has reported.

Then came the relief that all the decision making, consultation and paperwork that came from academisation alongside the everyday job of leading a school through a Requires Improvement cycle was finally over and we had a clear road ahead.

Academisation means SBMs are facing increasingly complicated and diverse duties just as the support from local authority services disappear.