Sentences with phrase «academy headteachers»

Second, the inclusion of serving academy headteachers, elected by their peers, is a first attempt to enable school leaders to take a role, albeit at this stage non-executive, in regulating the system.

Super Academy headteachers will tell the world on Twitter that their school has become fandabbydosy ever since they ensured all children were breathing in every lesson.

The Department for Education has given top academy headteachers two weeks to nominate themselves as candidates if they wish to advise RSCs on school takeovers, according to a new election website.

It is clear to everyone that an individual Academy Headteacher no longer has any power.

The average salary for an academy headteacher has risen by nearly five per cent in 12 months, and the pay packet for primary school leaders is slowly catching up with that of their secondary peers.

Not exact matches

The headteacher of Hartsdown Academy, Matthew Tate has sent over 80 pupils home for not adhering to the school's uniform policy.

«Autonomy doesn't mean that headteachers can run their school free from scrutiny or demanding standards, it means academies can be run without having to second guess advice or interference from local authorities.»

«To write to headteachers before the legislation supporting the spread of academy status has even been published and laid before Parliament shows blatant disregard for the democratic process.

Responding to the announcement that the Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove is to write to every headteacher inviting them to apply for academy status, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said:

It also featured promises of more education reforms, with the «best headteachers» working in more than one school as trusts, academies and federations are expanded.

«The pay of so called executive headteachers who «run» more than one school, despite the fact that in most instances these schools already have headteachers, and the pay and rewards of academy principals are unacceptable secret gardens in the education system.

Academy schools are being deprived of frontline resources because so many of their headteachers and executives are being paid fat - cat salaries,...

Those schools that do not yet have academy status attended the session presented by Tom Rees, headteacher and director at Northampton Primary Academy Trust academy status attended the session presented by Tom Rees, headteacher and director at Northampton Primary Academy Trust Academy Trust (NPAT).

One MAT in south London, held an away day with the CEO, as well as the three headteachers of the schools forming the MAT and focused on considering academy conversion and working through these questions.

So we will make it a priority to recruit more academy sponsors and support more great headteachers in coming together in academy chains.

Ben Thompson, Headteacher of Trinity Academy in London, commented on the report findings: «There is no doubt though that some areas and subjects are under extreme pressure across the country.

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.

Among the honoured include: CEO at Burnt Mill Academy Trust, Helena Mills (CBE) for services to education; Margaret Sumner (OBE), headteacher based in Tottenham for services to special educational needs and disabilities; and Barnsley headteacher, Julie Anne Allen (MBE), for her services to education.

So here, in this collection, I have drawn from various sources and experiences over time and around the world, ideas from inspectors and their reports, leadership training course tutors and candidates, school improvement ambassadors, union officials, faculty leaders, headteachers and principals in all their guises, governors, government officials, civil servants, councillors, parents, students, current, aspiring, ex and retired teachers, in the public, private, Academy, Charter, free, not - for - profit, voluntary and charitable sectors.

In the evaluation of the Learning Away case studies, Maggie Rose, headteacher at Timberley Academy quotes about the development of her staff: «Staff have developed a much greater confidence in their own teaching and it has also raised their aspiration in terms of the types of approaches they could use in their work.

Christine has a wealth of experience having previously served as a headteacher and more recently in her capacity as both Executive Principal and CEO of Ninestiles Academy trust.

Tom Rees, headteacher and director or Northampton Primary Academy Trust, will be speaking at 2:55 on Friday 17 March at Bett Academies (NEC, Birmingham.)

This focus on the future is echoed by Wendy Wheldon, headteacher of Greengate Lane Academy in Sheffield, which caters for 224 pupils aged between three and 11.

The four UK teachers to make the shortlist are: Adnan Mahmood, a business and enterprise tutor at Barking and Dagenham College, Essex; Nathan Atkinson, headteacher at Richmond Hill Primary School, Leeds; Peter Ferris, a drama teacher from Mercy College, Belfast; and Raymond Chambers, a computer science teacher from Brooke Weston Academy in Corby, Northamptonshire.

With an afternoon focused on the realities of academy conversion on Thursday 20 March, other sessions focusing on the changes to GCSEs, the use of pupil premium and practical case studies on the implementation of technology, there was something for every headteacher, senior leadership team member, business manager or bursar.

The new appointments include Anne Casey, principal at UTC@MediaCityUK, who will support Vicky Beer, RSC for Lancashire and West Yorkshire; Dame Kate Dethridge, headteacher at Churchend Primary Academy in Reading, who will support North West London and South Central London RSC Martin Post; and Jonathan Lewis, assistant director of learning, skills and education at Northamptonshire County Council, who will support Tim Coulson, the East of England and North East London RSC.

Headteacher Jonathon Morris said, «Warden Park Academy has always valued and used its former students and our work with Future First has taken this to a new level.

Winner: Woodside Primary Academy, London Woodside was put into special measures by Ofsted in 2012, but changes made under headteacher Shane Tewes involved parents and pupils, and a remarkable turnaround now sees the school rated Outstanding.

Speaking to Schools Week, Mr Herrington said that the majority of schools applying to become academies, both nationally and in his region, were primary schools, and that his headteacher board (HTB) was keen to see them apply with partners.

Before taking the role, Sir David was a positive advocate for openness, claiming during a presentation at the Independent Academies Association conference in October 2014 that the individual votes of headteacher board members — who advise regional schools commissioners (RSCs) on academy chain takeovers — would be made public.

The academy chain - wide restructures also question ministers» claims that headteachers in academies have more autonomy.

Mr Herrington said that such efforts may involve pairing struggling schools with others, but would also involve working with academy sponsors to find out if there were additional ways in which they could be supported, including through things such as the DfE's new Talented Leaders programme which encourages high - performing headteachers to consider working in lower - performing parts of the country.

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.

These include Solihull Alternative Provision Academy, set up by 3 headteachers of high - performing schools in Solihull, West Midlands, which will help transform the lives of local children who have fallen out of mainstream schooling.

Alison Beane, the executive headteacher of the Solent Academies Trust, which is a group of three special needs schools in Portsmouth, was co-opted at the last election in October.

Headteachers blame transient populations; academy critics say it is to boost exam results.

However, schools with more mixed intakes will see results suffer, risking an academy order, the removal of governors or even the headteacher losing their job.

The Executive Headteacher of Keresley Newland Primary Academy in Coventry, Mrs Fiona Hims, was delighted to open the event to celebrate the fourth birthday of Keresley Village Community Library this weekend and cut the ribbon announcing the event open at 11 am on...

Joanne Gray, the new Headteacher, ably supported by the staff at the school, the NET Academies Trust Board, the Governing Body and the central team, has formulated plans to secure swift progress for the school in all areas to bring the school back to its rightful place as an outstanding educational establishment in Reading.

The Chartered College is working with teachers, headteachers, unions, subject associations and learned societies, schools, academy trusts and other education organisations to build a professional community of teachers.

Deputy Headteacher Location: Battle Primary Academy, Reading Starting: October 2017 / January 2018 Salary: Dependent on experience (L12 — L15)...

Jo Coton, Executive Headteacher at Harlow Academies, explains how the Harlow Cluster have introduced Healthy Living lessons for their pupils.

Fiona Hims, Executive Headteacher at Keresley Newalnd Primary Academy, describes the wonderful day members of the school council had meeting their Council Leader, Mr Dennis Harvey.

Latton Green converted to academy status on 1st January 2015, and all four schools are under the leadership of Executive Headteacher Mrs Jo Coton.

She pointed to the Durand Academy Trust, which has defied government orders to sever ties with its highly paid former executive headteacher, Sir Greg Martin.

«The same staff who campaigned against the school becoming an academy are now saying «hang on a minute, why do we have an executive headteacher and a finance director when you're making people redundant?»

Ian Widdows, founder of the National Association of Secondary Moderns and deputy headteacher at Giles Academy in Lincolnshire, told Schools Week: «We are yet again faced with a scenario that disproportionately focuses on those schools with lower ability intakes.

The headteacher board had seven members back in 2014: four were elected (Jack Acklam, Pamela Birch and Alan Yellup were serving school leaders, while Martin Shevill was a former head), two appointed (academy trust bosses Sir Iain Hall and Sir Michael Wilkins) and one co-opted (Sir Rod Aldridge from the London - based Aldridge Foundation).

In March 2016, Keresley Newland Primary Academy joined with Henry Hinde Junior School, Rugby, to form the Warwickshire Cluster and the Executive Headteacher of the Cluster, Mrs Hims was delighted to be invited too.

In the few short months that I have been leading Battle Primary Academy as Headteacher, what has stood out for me the most is the way that people come together to make it a wonderful community.