Not exact matches
An
academy that releases its advice to not only
sponsors but also to the general public fosters democratic
processes by providing information important to public debate.
«The
Academy will supplement the traditional
process in which current members
sponsor new members by launching an ambitious, global campaign to identify and recruit qualified new members who represent greater diversity,» AMPAS said in a press release at the time.
The Department should take more effective action to speed up the
process of converting inadequate schools and should improve its understanding of the factors limiting
academy sponsors» capacity to expand, or discouraging new
sponsors from taking on underperforming schools.
The report focuses on the arrangements for converting schools to
academies, including the robustness, cost and speed of the conversion
process, and the availability of
sponsors and multi-academy trusts to support schools to convert to
academies.
«Although happy to support the application from Heathfield
Academy Trust, we understand that it is a competitive
process and that a final decision on the
sponsor will be taken by the Secretary of State.»
She added: «There is also a lack of transparency in the
academy process that will be made worse by increasing changes of sponsorship — particularly if those changes are negotiated privately between
sponsors and government.»
As part of the
process of securing a positive new future for Jerounds Primary School, the National Education Trust (NETAT) has been proposed as the new
sponsor for the school as it changes from being run by Essex County Council to becoming a new
academy.
There are now a few high - profile projects to create new boarding provision: Holyport College,
sponsored by Eton College, is due to open in September 2014; Durand
Academy, currently a primary and middle school in Lambeth, has plans for a boarding school in Sussex for pupils 13 - 18, although this is facing obstacles in the planning
process and criticism from the chairman of the SBSA.
The Manchester Central MP said Labour's
sponsored academy programme did «a huge amount to transform a small number of failing schools in disadvantaged areas», but warned there was «no evidence» that the
process of changing schools into
academies «in and of itself» led to school improvement.
The local authority and interim executive board are in the
process of discussion with the Regional Schools Commissioner to resolve financial and legal issues and to identify and appoint a new
academy sponsor.»
RSCs should continue to sharpen and make more transparent
sponsor accountability
processes, acting to remove
academies from failing chains and closing those chains with poor records
That bill was introduced to «sweep away bureaucratic and legal loopholes» and speed up the
process of dealing with failing schools by taking them out of local authority control and putting them in the hands of
academy sponsors.
If
sponsor academies continue to be used, and the DfE's local panjandrums confine themselves to fiddling with schools in transition to smooth the
process along, this may be a minor issue.
The contracts state advisers will «work closely with the department's representatives in the development of successful
academies and free schools», and that they will support schools, along with
sponsor organisations, project management companies and the Department for Education in the
process of creating
sponsored academies.
Academy: Handled recruitment for NADA Dealer
Academy, registered and enrolled prospects into available programs,
processed cancellations, transfers, reinstatements and generation of
Academy correspondence, coordinated class / course registration and managed eCollege website for students,
sponsors, instructors, and staff use Membership: Handled recruitment
processes and procedures for dealerships membership, updated database, collected payments, and handled registration of members and maintenance.