Sentences with phrase «academy chains such»

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.

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.

Not exact matches

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».

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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..

Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has previously said he believes that sponsors of such academy chains should face inspections.

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.

Other barred sponsors include some of the country's larger chains, such as Academies Enterprise Trust and CfBT Education Trust.

Analysis by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) reveals that at least four academy chain employees — two of them chief executives — work or have worked as government education advisers on projects boosting the number of such schools.

The list is also notable for the exception of many chains name - checked by ministers, such as the Harris Federation and the Outwood Grange Academies Trust.

In contrast, stand - alone academies, free schools and academy chains, overseen by central Government (and their agencies such as the Education Funding Agency and Regional Schools Commissioners), lack transparency and are undemocratic.