Sentences with phrase «academy chains»

Moreover, the proportion of academy chains returning above average levels of attainment for disadvantaged students in sponsored secondary academies has fallen since 2013 with only a small minority of chains showing steady improvement.

Now large academy chains run schools creating economies of scale themselves.

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

The biggest of these is very simple - we do not have enough good academy chains as it is.

A motion to its conference will call for a public inquiry into academy chain finances, including the pay of senior employees.

He said only 15 % of the largest academy chains perform above the national average in terms of pupil progress, compared with 44 % of council - run schools.

But if many schools are pushed into big academy chains, the opposite might happen.

The government urgently needs to explain why there is such a disparity in standards between academy chains and their capacity to expand, and what it is going to do about it.

While central government continues with its ludicrous policy of allowing academy chains to surcharge schools as much as they want for central services, maintained schools must buy such services.

This sort of electronic system also helps leaders to oversee the entire school's performance, or even entire academy chains if necessary!

Other parents wanting to set up free schools have turned to groups behind existing academy chains to help make their dreams a reality.

A crisis - hit academy chain failed to declare payments to close family members of its co-founder, including the cost of a computer delivered to one daughter at home.

Additionally, the differences between primary and secondary academies and academies in different academy chains add to the complexity.

At present, however, most academy chains are not sufficiently large enough to appoint specialists for each subject.

Our annual analysis of chief executive pay in the largest academy chains once again reveals a huge disparity in the salary of chief executives and the size of their organisations.

This is the first academy chain to give up all of its schools, of which five of the 12 sponsored by the group are rated as «inadequate».

The committee also argues there should be a mechanism to allow outstanding schools to leave academy chains, including without the approval of the organisation running the chain.

The researchers found that, on average, academy chains do better for their disadvantaged pupils with low prior attainment.

It plans to ask the government to stop poor quality academy chains from sponsoring new schools and to extend academy freedoms, such as lifting the national curriculum, to maintained schools.

There are outstanding school leaders and there are outstanding academy chains — just as there are outstanding local authorities.

The report highlights how outcomes for disadvantaged pupils vary massively across academy chains.

This kind of assessment is tricky: academy chains tend to take on local authority schools that are performing below the expected level, even when you take their challenging circumstances into account.

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

It's not the first time academies have come under fire over consultations — though most relate to ones run on behalf of academy chains looking to takeover council - maintained schools.

Initial analyses of both secondary converter academies and primary schools in academy chains show the emergence of similar patterns.

The complexities of running a school mean many of these new state - funded, but independently - run, schools are actually led by academy chains and education companies.

The publication of the data confirms a series of earlier analysis by experts that shows there are large differences between the performance of academy chains.

If their predictions are correct, the levy will affect certain large academy chains and sector organisations with charitable status such as exam boards.

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.

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 Sutton Trust report - Chain Effects 2017 - written by Merryn Hutchings and Becky Francis, which is now in its fourth year, looks at the results of disadvantaged pupils in academy chains with at least two sponsored academies for at least three years.

The National Children's Bureau said there was evidence that local authorities were often as effective as academy chains in providing high quality education.

This is an appropriate response given the obstacles Ofsted faces in inspecting Academy chains for school improvement functions.

Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary for policy at ATL comments on Sutton Trust report on academy chains work with disadvantaged pupils.

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.

The candidates also blasted Eva Moskowitz, the controversial founder and director of the Harlem Success Academy chain of charter schools.

Sponsor chains — but especially those needing to improve — should seek out successful practice and reflect on what their own chain could learn from it, encouraging this outward - facing approach among practitioners at all levels within their academies

Reform, in its new report Academy chains unlocked, has called for the national and regional schools commissioners and parts of the Education Funding Agency (EFA), which deal with financial accountability, to form a new body that could then merge with the schools wing of Ofsted — should all schools become academies.

Jon Richards, UNISON head of education, said: «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 rapid expansion of GAT again raises questions about academy chains being allowed to grow rapidly.

Academy chain chief executive Alan Yellup (pictured above), who is also on the headteacher board for West Yorkshire and Lancashire, revealed his region's target at the Westminster Education Forum last week.

School Direct presents a fantastic opportunity to attract the best graduates into teaching — with groups of schools and academy chains offering real career development to compete with the best graduate employers.

AET's recently appointed chief executive Julian Drinkall is reportedly receiving an annual salary of # 240,000 [3] despite Ofsted warnings over executive pay at academy chains such as AET.

A collaboration between academy chain heavyweights to set up a higher education institution to train expert teachers has won funding in the first round of the Teaching and Leadership Innovation Fund, according to a leaked list of winners.

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

The Department for Education says academy chains can decide how they want to administer their schools

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. today joined charter school advocates and families to demand Mayor Bill de Blasio treat the privately - run schools «equitably» — and to swiftly find locations for 14 new schools in the controversial Success Academy chain set to open next year.

After questioning Spielman, the Education Select Committee recognised her contributions to the education sector through her work with the ARK academy chain, but said it could not support her as Chief Inspector.

The plans appear to place the national commissioner at odds with Ofsted, which began inspecting academy chains last year.This week, Ofsted's chief inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw questioned the lack of information about commissioners, telling a parliamentary committee he was «not clear» what they do «other than re-broker failing academies».