Sentences with phrase «academy chain failed»

There is a call for more transparency in the oversight of academies, including creating a way for schools to leave academy chains and to develop a plan for schools when an academy chain fails.

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Ofsted has warned that England's largest academy chain, the Academies Enterprise Trust (AET), is «failing too many pupils».

Speaking about academy chains, Sir David also said that it is a «myth» that chains failed because they grew too quickly.

Following Prime Minister David Cameron's calls in October that «local authorities running schools were a thing of the past», the announcement is due to make it easier for academy chains to take on failing schools, including those with financial or inspection problems.

That's why we are introducing new measures to transform failing and coasting schools, funding the best academy chains to share excellence in struggling regions in the North and creating a National Teaching Service - sending some of our best teachers to the areas that need them most.»

An analysis of academy accounts by Schools Week found the deficit for the LGPS, a defined contribution benefit scheme for non-teaching staff including school business leaders and teaching assistants, is growing every year as chains expand and returns on investment fail to improve.

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».

Labour's shadow schools minister Nic Dakin accused ministers of «taking their eye off the ball on school standards and failing to ensure that all schools, including those in academy chains, are properly accountable».

Recently, the Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw criticised seven sizeable academy chains for failing to improve the results of too many pupils in their schools, while paying board members large salaries.

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.

But the report said often a failing school will become part of a chain of academies run by one sponsor with a central management function.

When a school is deemed «failing», either in or outside a chain, commissioners currently go to their list of approved academy sponsors to find a chain to take it over.

The evidence on academies and chains suggests there is wide variation in their impact on pupil attainment, just as for maintained schools, but research has failed to establish why.

RSCs should continue to sharpen and make more transparent sponsor accountability processes, acting to remove academies from failing chains and closing those chains with poor records

Recent inspections of schools run by academy chains have shown many of these schools to be failing.