A Department for Education spokesperson said: «All schools deserve the opportunity to enjoy the freedoms
academy status brings.»
«We want as many schools as possible to take advantage of the significant benefits
academy status brings because it means more schools run by great heads and teachers, not local authority or Whitehall bureaucrats, and more children getting a first - class education.
She officially dropped the plans in a written statement to parliament, which read: «Our ambition remains that all schools should benefit from the freedom and autonomy that
academy status brings.
The advantage
academy status brings is that going forward they will have more choice in finding outsourced suppliers which should make for a more competitive market.
«Our ambition remains that all schools should benefit from the freedom and autonomy that
academy status brings.
SchoolDash also claimed that there was «no evidence» that
academy status brought improvements to the schools or that the academies were any better that their local authority counterparts.
Not exact matches
The three teaching unions also wrote a joint letter to the chairs of governing bodies and to head teachers, expressing their common belief that «
academy status would
bring neither you nor your school greater freedom, nor reduced bureaucracy, nor any long - term financial advantages.»
Arrow Video officially cemented its
status as a titan of home - video restoration and distribution with a wide array of discs — many released under their Arrow
Academy label — devoted to
bringing genre works to greater prominence.
Governors recruited by SGOSS are called to
bring their commercial skills and experience to support schools, to help them manage tighter budgets, recruitment, and managing the transition process as schools move to
academy status.
Other key findings include: - Squeezed budgets mean many schools have been forced to shed staff, with further reductions to staff spending expected over the next two years - Teacher shortages seem to be getting worse - Schools that opt for
academy status are not embracing the freedoms it
brings in terms of curriculum, and teachers» pay and conditions - Secondary governors are using 11 - 16 funding to subsidise their sixth forms, as cuts in post-16 budgets bite
«Like - for - like comparisons of
academies and maintained schools show that legal
status on its own does not
bring the improved performance we need to see,» said Cllr Simmonds.