Sentences with phrase «academy chains as»

There also seem to be wide differences in educational standards among academy chains as well as among community schools — indeed, there is not much awareness of the school's relation to the community it belongs to.

«We will be inspecting local authorities and we should inspect academy chains as well, if we identify underperformance,» said the Ofsted chief.

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

Not exact matches

Through the years, the Kelley School has fashioned a reputation as a true MBA innovator, from being one of the few programs that give a single grade for the entire core curriculum to having a series of first - year academies that provide experiential learning, consulting projects and coaching to students interested in six core areas that range from capital markets and strategic finance to consulting and supply chain management.

In a report released earlier this year, the commons education committee also found «no convincing evidence of the impact of academy status on attainment in primary schools», adding that while «some chains such as Harris have proved very effective at raising attainment... others achieve worse outcomes than comparable mainstream schools».

Only 39 % of academies are currently in a «collaborative chain» leaving the rest as «singletons», a drift which Twigg blamed Gove for.

They also found «no convincing evidence of the impact of academy status on attainment in primary schools», adding that while «some chains such as Harris have proved very effective at raising attainment... others achieve worse outcomes than comparable mainstream schools».

Free schools are newly established schools set up by groups such as teachers, parents, businesses and academy chains, with freedom over areas such as the curriculum.

Bloomberg said the charter school expansion would be achieved mainly by speeding up the replication of chain - style charters such as KIPP and the Success Academy network that already have a presence in the city.

Eva Moskowitz, the polarizing founder of the Success Academy charter school chain, told reporters today she would «not be entertaining» a rumored role as secretary of the Department of Education in the Trump administration.

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

«With more than 80 per cent of council maintained schools currently rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted, and only three of the 20 largest academy chains viable to take on additional schools, high performing maintained schools should also be able to sponsor struggling schools, without having to go through academy status first.

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».

One chief executive told Reform they felt their chain had been overlooked in the rebrokerage of a local school that would have matched the chain well and part of the problem was a lack of awareness that the rebrokerage was taking place, as there is not and up - to - date list of maintained schools looking for sponsors or «inadequate» schools or academies requiring sponsors.

The way the top - slice arrangement works is that an academy chain sponsor will provide its academies with additional services, such as hiring executive directors, developing staff terms and conditions and managing procurement, in return for a small percentage of each schools revenue, known as its general annual grant (GAG).

Open minded schools, local authorities and academy chains are moving into partnerships with commercial organisations in areas such as resource development and CPD.

Interviews conducted by Reform found that the current top - slice arrangement is creating a system in which the headteacher views the academy as a «client buying into the chain service», rather than as a branch of the chain, which can lead to tension between headteachers and chain leadership.

This makes clear that the support provided by governors, local education authorities and academy chains to head teachers is equally as important as that provided to a teacher by line manager or head of department.

This comes after Eva Moskowitz, chief executive of New York charter chain Success Academy, also told TES that she would not be interested as her work in New York was «far from done».

And for some, School Direct is just the start of the journey, with a number of schools and academy chains choosing to take the next step and applying to become accredited school - led and school - centred ITT providers themselves (known as SCITTs).

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.

He also confirmed that only seven of the 973 functioning multi-academy trusts (MAT) had been inspected as part of «batched inspections», which evaluate the standard of an entire academy chain due to concerns over standards.

The education secretary Nicky Morgan said: «From helping to set up one of the country's top academy chains, to acting as a council member for the Institute of Education, to overseeing our ambitious qualification reform programme, Amanda has extensive experience at the frontline of the education system, making her uniquely qualified to take up this important role.

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

A third academy chain in as many months has told staff across its schools they face losing their jobs — as the budget squeeze seemingly spreads to multi-academy trusts.

Former education secretary David Blunkett has resigned as chair of the David Ross Education Trust, one of England's largest academy chains, with several other senior figures including the...

Education secretary Nicky Morgan claimed the landscape of English education had been «transformed» over the past five years and that initiatives such as funding academy chains in the north of England and «creating a National Teaching Service» were extending opportunities to every single child

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A trustee of a struggling academy chain, David Hoare, has been announced as the new chairman of Ofsted.

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.

Some charter school chains, such as Success Academy in New York City, boast impressively high test scores.

An academy chain established by the schools minister has been forced to drop controversial plans to extend the day for children as young as five after protests from parents and teachers.

Malcolm Trobe, the interim general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said salary levels were set by factors including the value - for - money the chief executives provided, and could be offset by the saving an academy chain could bring, such as group discounts for contracts.

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.

It's something that academy chains such as Ark and Inspiration Trust have made a priority by appointing teams of specialists to work with their schools to develop communities of subject knowledge.

Despite their name, research schools are not separate institutions, so much as hubs based within existing schools or academy chains.

At present, academy chains can already remove governing bodies from their individual schools - and a single board of trustees can act as a governing body for the entire chain.

The NUT conference heard calls for industrial action in opposition to the changes, which union leaders say could threaten teachers» pay and job security, as such decisions about pay and conditions would be decided by academy chains.

It is also seen as one of the most successful; all of its academies that have been inspected since takeover have been rated «good» or «outstanding» by Ofsted, and the chain is regularly singled out for praise by ministers.

The free schools programme, established by Michael Gove in 2010 as a way for members of the public and teachers to set up their own schools, is increasingly used by large, established academy chains to start their own schools.

Labour MP Meg Hillier, who succeeded Ms Hodge as chair of the committee, told Schools Week an update on the progress of the investigation would be helpful, adding that her committee was «really concerned» about the «accountability gap» in some academy chains.

Here is a link to the TUPE advice and guidance as I suspect many teachers in Academy chains may need it?

The report will reveal key information for the 2015 - 16 academic year, such as the number of academy chiefs paid more than the prime minister; how much academy staff have been paid in severance deals; and how much academy chains pay to companies linked to their trustees.

The NUT conference will hear calls for industrial action in opposition to the changes, which union leaders say could threaten teachers» pay and job security, as such decisions about pay and conditions would be decided by academy chains.

These include some of England's largest academy chains, such as the Academies Enterprise Trust, Reach2, United Learning, Oasis, Delta, TKAT, Harris and Ark..

The minister for skills and enterprise told the House of Commons this afternoon he wanted to replicate success stories where the 14 to 19 technical institutions functioned well as part of academy chains.

And it called for «the DfE to ensure transparency as academies are moved between chains» when standards were not good enough.

«Only 15 % of the largest academy chains perform above the national average in terms of progress made by pupils, compared with 44 % of councils, while more than 80 % of maintained schools are rated as «good» or «outstanding» by Ofsted.

«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.

He also backed the idea that academy chains could be ranked in performance tables in the same way as local authorities.