Sentences with phrase «academy conversion improves»
«No evidence» that academy conversion improves underperforming schools, study says (Richard Vaughan, TES)
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If they fail to improve or demonstrate a clear plan for improvement, then they face government intervention, which will result in academy conversion.
The plans have faced widespread criticism from opposition parties and the education profession, with claims that there is no solid proof that converting a school into an academy will improve results and that the changes could lead to lengthy and expensive conversions for already high performing schools.
The NAO found informal interventions such as local support were more effective than former interventions such as academy conversion in improving schools.
Ms Morgan said academy conversion would only be instigated by commissioners «when — and only when — a coasting school has no credible plan or is not improving sufficiently».
Mark — the NAO (Oct 2014) found struggling schools which received formal intervention (eg academy conversion) were less likely to improve than those which didn't receive formal intervention.
Academy conversion has in some instances been reported to us as diverting school leaders from the immediate priorities of improving teaching, and the changes in financial and business management can place a strain on primary schools if done at the same time as the federation itself.