Sentences with phrase «academy chains perform»
«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.
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The head of Ofsted, Michael Wilshaw, just last week said many academy chains were performing badly and letting down disadvantaged children.
«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.
Many academies, including most of the strongest, are now run by «chains» — the British version of CMO's — which are also being asked to turn around low - performing schools.
High - performing academy chains will also play a huge role in spreading existing best practice and innovation between schools.
The data also revealed that the lowest - performing chains included many larger trusts, that most secondary trusts with poorer pupils perform way below average, and that trusts with a mix of academies seem to perform better.
And she asked MPs: «What is autonomous about forcing a highly performing school into an academy chain?»
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.
Commenting in the story in today's Times that Nicky Morgan is considering letting the best - performing councils run their own academy chains.
This year we identified seven out of 39 chains that are performing significantly above the national average for all mainstream schools (maintained and academies), for their disadvantaged pupils.
It says that one in five academy chains is «performing substantially below the national average for attainment and improvement» for children from poorer families.
Commenting in the story in today's Times that Nicky Morgan is considering letting the best - performing councils run their own academy chains, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: