Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has previously said that he wants local authorities to play a bigger role in the oversight of schools, but steady
academisation makes it look less likely that Labour could turn back the clock on the programme.
«The white paper's push for blanket
academisation makes me fear for our most vulnerable young people.»
This is one area where
Academisation makes sense.
Not exact matches
Sadly, most of the attacks on us
made by the Tories, such as creeping privatisation of the NHS,
academisation of schools, and PFI, originated with recent Labour governments.
Although the original intention to legislate for universal
academisation was subsequently dropped amidst much pressure from parents, governors, and even from within the Conservative party, the government has
made clear that its preferred outcome is for all schools to become academies.
Schools where 11 - year - old children don't meet the scores expected in reading, writing and maths, can still be deemed «above the floor» — and so exempt from interventions including forced
academisation — if those children have
made sufficient progress.
They have a remit of monitoring the performance of academies in their area,
making recommendations on free school applications and supporting
academisation.
«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.»