Sentences with phrase «academy chain»

The largest academy chain in England has been slapped with a notice of financial concern by the Education Funding Agency (EFA).

A letter sent to governors tells them that the academy chain has decided to change its form of governance.

As an academy chain it receives public funding to operate schools, with accounts for the academic year ending in August 2014 showing an income of # 135m.

And he tells me that because the academy chain is concentrated in nearby Norfolk, he is also calling on staff from its other schools, for example to check coursework marking.

Damian Hinds will meet MPs to discuss the «savage cuts» proposed by a prominent university - backed academy chain.

Although the day - to - day running of academies remains the responsibility of head teachers or principals, they are overseen by individual charitable bodies called academy trusts and may be part of an academy chain.

Almost one fifth of respondents noted that CPD in their school was either entirely internal, largely internal, or only used CPD providers approved by an academy chain.

Schools Week reported last week how a third academy chain in as many months had told staff across its schools they could face redundancy.

One of the country's first ever academies has been taken over by a major London academy chain, after it fell into special measures.

It got more than 18,000 signatures, but the government responded to say it is down to employers, either the local authority or academy chain, to decide pay.

Teaching schools and academy chain heavyweights are exploring a unique partnership to found a new higher - education institute that would train expert teachers to tackle the leadership crisis in...

The funding arrangements for academy and academy chain operation are far too opaque as things stand.

so, yet again, an academy chain is dumping a school because of its failure to support the school properly, leaving pupils and parents worried about the education.

England's largest academy chain has abandoned plans to close a town's only secondary school after a backlash from parents.

In October, Schools Week revealed that the Harris academy chain is to build up to 100 homes in a bid to stop its teachers being priced out of London.

Teaching schools and academy chain heavyweights are exploring a unique partnership to found a new higher - education institute that would train expert teachers to tackle the leadership crisis in challenging schools.

Professor Arthur is also a director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, which is a strategic adviser for Floreat Education, an academy chain run by David Cameron's former adviser James O'Shaughnessy and which opened its first free schools this month.

Some may have noticed that one of the proposed «conditions» of setting up a new selective school would be to partner with an academy chain or sponsor a new academy.

She has said schools will be offered help to improve first, before existing head teachers are replaced by an academy chain.

They are still in the same situation after forcible Academisation and then being removed from the first academy chain and handed over to a second.

While working on that piece I learned that non-executive director of the DfE Paul Marshall — who is also chair of trustees for academy chain Ark — had given # 15,536 to support Yeovil Liberal Democrats» 2015 election campaigns.

The co-founder of an academy chain that is due to be wound up has claimed the trust released inaccurate financial accounts to try to «embarrass him».

Targeted content and powerful multi-school reporting, the impact of Mathletics across a MAT, academy chain or network of schools is truly transformative.

Lucy Heller, chief executive of the ARK academy chain, said: «One of the benefits of being part of a strong academy network is the importance placed on monitoring - not just to drive up standards but to ensure financial good practice.

If you are part of an academy chain, you should consider whether to request places through your chain's central office rather than as an individual school.

Schools Week revealed in July that academy chain heavyweights, including Ark and Oasis, were exploring a «unique partnership» to found a new higher education institute that would train expert teachers.

In a world where struggling Headteachers are asked to supply action plans by the LA, RSC, Ofsted and sometimes the academy chain, many Heads appreciate the visit of a PiXL associate whose only agenda is to ask: «how can I help?»

«This is the second academy chain in a matter of weeks to announce huge cuts and it won't be the last, as Government funding cuts bite.

The day - to - day running of the school is the responsibility of the head teacher or principal, but they are overseen by individual charitable bodies called academy trusts and may be part of an academy chain

However, the introduction of a «presumption» suggests that if any local authority or academy chain opens a new primary school then a condition of opening will be that it includes a nursery — this is new.

Hammersmith and Fulham Council in west London says its new primary free school - Ark Conway - came about because of a three - way partnership between the local authority, the Ark academy chain and parents.

Conference, if you are an academy trustee you should be doing a public duty, giving the best governance to the academy, or academy chain, you are a trustee of.

But Labour's shadow minister for schools, Nic Dakin, said the findings were evidence that the government had «completely failed to put in place the appropriate checks over academy chain funding decisions.

It's due to be handed to a new sponsor (at taxpayers» expense), the Paradigm Trust, a small London - based academy chain with no experience of secondary education.

He highlighted the E-ACT academy chain which lost ten of its schools after the DfE intervened amid performance concerns.

An academy chain has been accused by Ofsted inspectors of not making enough progress, with warnings the quality of education for too many pupils is «not good enough».

Academies Enterprise Trust (AET), the biggest academy chain in the country, is migrating to a cloud - based MIS called Progresso operated by Advanced.

A police investigation into the financial running of a collapsed academy chain has found that no crimes were committed.

«It is extremely concerning that so much taxpayer money is ending up in the pockets of academy chain directors and trustees.

The day - to - day running of the school is down to the head teacher or principal, but they are overseen by individual charitable bodies called academy trusts and may be part of an academy chain.

A new sixth form - led academy chain has announced it will only hire qualified or trainee teachers in a bid to shake off the negative history of the academies...

The same warning was given last week to England's biggest academy chain, AET, after tough criticism from Ofsted, which accused AET of «failing too many pupils».

«The academy chain offers effective support to leaders and has been highly supportive in tackling the issues facing the academy.

It follows Ofsted's first focused inspection into an academy chain last month, which found Oasis Community Learning Trust had a «legacy of weak challenge».

An academy chain whose founders have a government contract to provide advisers to help regional schools commissioners judge the quality of struggling schools is to have its nine...

According to government figures, it is one of seven free schools run by academy chain Ark that have been delayed in the past three years.

If all ECC's current schools moved into a single academy it would be more than triple the size of AET, the largest academy chain.

Another academy trust has been criticised for underperformance by Ofsted in the education watchdog's second focused inspection of an academy chain.

The Future Leaders trust launched its executive educators» programme for current and would - be academy chain chief executives last year.

Schools which are already academies and which fall into the «requires improvement» category face being taken away from their existing academy chain and run by another.