In March, the government released its white paper, Educational Excellence Everywhere, with the headline policy that all schools would have to convert to
academy status by 2022.
details of any advice received from the local authority or the DfE on the acquisition of
academy status by the school;.
Not exact matches
Academy manager Andries Jonker showed his delight and appreciation by saying: «We're pleased that our academy has once again been recognised with Category One status this year.
Academy manager Andries Jonker showed his delight and appreciation
by saying: «We're pleased that our
academy has once again been recognised with Category One status this year.
academy has once again been recognised with Category One
status this year.»
Recognised as one of the leading
academies in the country
by holding Category 1
status in the Premier League's new Elite Player Performance Plan, we operate a clear pathway through our youth system and into the first team.
In a national survey published
by the American
Academy of Pediatrics in 2006, researchers found that paying for formula was one of the top three barriers preventing hospitals from achieving the baby - friendly
status.
Moreover, as Professor Leslie Green shown in a recent programme at the British
Academy (Gay Marriage: Prospects and Realities, 29 May 2012), marriage offers a number of advantages not offered
by same - sex civil partnerships, including portability of
status, a broader understanding of the couple's
status, as well as the potential for religious recognition, depending upon the religious group involved.
Our
Academies Act takes the existing programme further
by allowing any publicly - funded school to convert to
academy status.
«The question is, if
academy status is so good for the school, why does the Secretary of State need to withhold the names of those who have been successful, effectively encouraging them to skulk in the shadows keeping vital information from those who will be directly affected
by the change?
«It has been clear that the driver of the hasty decisions made
by some schools to apply for
academy status has been the belief that they will get more money as
academies.
A new model funding agreement for
Academies has been released
by the Department for Education (DfE) specifying that the teachers they employ do not need to hold Qualified Teacher
Status (QTS).
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Academy in Kings Point remains on warning
by its academic accrediting agency even as the school has improved all but one of the five quality benchmarks it failed last year, according to a
status update made public yesterday.
[BOX 3] AAAS
Academies Conference, 1983-1985 1983-1985 1985-1987 1987-1989 1989-1990 1992-1993 1993 - 1994 Proceedings and Directories of State
Academies History -
Academy Conference
by C. L. Baker, 1926 - 1970
Academy Conference Survey, Final Report, December 1963 History of NAAS, Draft Arthur Livermore - National
Academies of Science, Correspondence and Meeting, 1974 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 Notebook, 1976 - 1979 Official Name Change Records, National Association of
Academies of Science, 1991 Presentation on State Networks for Education in Science, 1990 Correspondence with State
Academies of Science, 1988 - 1992 Essentia Workshop, 1984 - 1985 Science Encounters, 1984 - 1985 National Association of
Academies of Science - Tax - exempt
Status Tax - exmept
Status 1984 1985 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Given that despite the unprecedented joint statement
by 11 national science
academies, calls for the global treaty have been roundly ignored
by the
status quo, is it not time that climate scientists start discussing this requisite solution publicly, rather than just behind the politicians» closed doors?
«With more than 80 per cent of council maintained schools currently rated as good or outstanding
by Ofsted, and only three of the 20 largest
academy chains viable to take on additional schools, high performing maintained schools should also be able to sponsor struggling schools, without having to go through
academy status first.
This will be backed
by a clear statement on when schools convert to
academy status to drive improvement.
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).
A survey conducted
by the public services union, Unison, has found that as more schools convert to
academy status, the role of school business managers (SBM's) is becoming increasingly pressured.
The DfE expectation, as outlined in the white paper, is that most schools converting to
academy status will be expected to do so
by either forming or joining a MAT unless they are «successful and sustainable alone» — but even when classed as such, going it alone will not necessarily be the best course of action.
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.
Seek an early actuarial valuation and agree a repayment term Step 3 — Setting up an
Academy Trust and Funding Agreement • This is the stage at which all legal documents need to be agreed with the DfE • The Academy Trust has to be registered with Companies House • Transfer or leasing arrangements for school land needs to be finalised • Completion of TUPE process • Governors complete and close consultation process • Funding Agreement signed by Academy Trust and Secretary of State • Academy opening date set Step 4 — Pre-opening • All CRB checks completed prior to transfer to academy status • Financial systems and contracts with staff and suppliers confirmed • Academy registrations with exam bodies confirmed • Insurances put i
Academy Trust and Funding Agreement • This is the stage at which all legal documents need to be agreed with the DfE • The
Academy Trust has to be registered with Companies House • Transfer or leasing arrangements for school land needs to be finalised • Completion of TUPE process • Governors complete and close consultation process • Funding Agreement signed by Academy Trust and Secretary of State • Academy opening date set Step 4 — Pre-opening • All CRB checks completed prior to transfer to academy status • Financial systems and contracts with staff and suppliers confirmed • Academy registrations with exam bodies confirmed • Insurances put i
Academy Trust has to be registered with Companies House • Transfer or leasing arrangements for school land needs to be finalised • Completion of TUPE process • Governors complete and close consultation process • Funding Agreement signed
by Academy Trust and Secretary of State • Academy opening date set Step 4 — Pre-opening • All CRB checks completed prior to transfer to academy status • Financial systems and contracts with staff and suppliers confirmed • Academy registrations with exam bodies confirmed • Insurances put i
Academy Trust and Secretary of State •
Academy opening date set Step 4 — Pre-opening • All CRB checks completed prior to transfer to academy status • Financial systems and contracts with staff and suppliers confirmed • Academy registrations with exam bodies confirmed • Insurances put i
Academy opening date set Step 4 — Pre-opening • All CRB checks completed prior to transfer to
academy status • Financial systems and contracts with staff and suppliers confirmed • Academy registrations with exam bodies confirmed • Insurances put i
academy status • Financial systems and contracts with staff and suppliers confirmed •
Academy registrations with exam bodies confirmed • Insurances put i
Academy registrations with exam bodies confirmed • Insurances put in place
In March this year, it was awarded National Teaching School
status by the National College for School Leadership and is the lead school for a programme which spans the 10 independent schools and 22
academies within the United Learning group.
Improving school performance through
academy and free schools
status is important, but it will not be enough to close the attainment gap between rich and poor pupils in England's schools, according to a new collection of essays published
by the think tank IPPR.
Therefore, a school does not have to be rated «Outstanding»
by Ofsted to apply for
academy status as long as they follow the route of a formal partnership.
Gove's earnestly pursued and widely touted «
academies» scheme, which allows district - operated public schools to convert to charter - like
status and be managed
by outside groups, has led to a major scandal in Birmingham, where a handful of such schools were taken over
by fundamentalist Muslims.
Freedom from LA control One of the clearest summaries of the benefits of
academy status came from the
Academies Commission, which was set up
by the Royal Society of Arts and the Pearson Think Tank, to examine the long ‑ term effects converting to
academy status.
However, many
academies have enjoyed greater educational attainment and the freedoms offered
by academy status remain a draw for many schools.
If run
by public funding then the school will not be permitted to claim the allowance, but if it is an
academy, which has charitable
status, it can claim.
Improve financial management Most established
academies have a chartered accountant as director of finance and administration, familiar with the accounting rules laid down
by companies house as well as the statement of recommended practice (SORP) requirements associated with charitable
status.
The new plans mean almost 17,000 schools which have not been converted into
academy status must have committed to do so
by 2020.
Many schools converting to
academy status have been excited
by their new freedom to choose suppliers.
Achievement for All Education Trust, a not for profit organisation, has been granted Sponsor and Multi
Academy Trust
status by the Department for Education and will be forming a Multi
Academy Trust (MAT).
New research
by the Sutton Trust shows that nearly half of
academy leaders in England believe autonomy associated with their
status has either had «no effect or a negative impact» in the classroom.
The report's author, Peter Clarke, calls for reform of «the process
by which single schools are able to convert to
academy status».
Schools with
academy status have always been able to pay teachers flexibly and are not bound
by pay caps, though many choose to follow the national teaching pay scales.
The performance of regional schools commissioners will be judged
by how many schools in their areas convert to
academy status, despite education secretary Nicky Morgan's public stance that she has no preference for any particular school type.
Touching on one of Gove's flagship reforms, Clarke calls for the Department for Education «to review the process
by which schools are able to convert to
academy status and become multi-
academy trusts».
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Academy has been awarded Cambridge International School
status by Cambridge International Examinations and is now approved to offer Cambridge programs and qualifications, including Cambridge Primary I for third and fourth grade.
But a report released on Wednesday
by the Local Government Association (LGA) and the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) said there was «no significant link» between
academy status and improvements in a school's GCSE results.
Writing in The Guardian last month, Warwick Mansell pointed out that of the 447 schools rated inadequate, more than one in four — 123 — had failed their Ofsted a year or more ago and had not yet converted to
academy status, or been recorded
by the DfE as planned for academisation.
«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.
However, an investigation
by Schools Week has discovered 28 schools that were good or outstanding when they first converted to
academy status but have subsequently fallen into special measures.
By opting for
academy status, one of Michael Gove's flagship policies, schools at the centre of these allegations have broadly removed themselves from council control.
And she was challenged
by Labour's Ian Austin for any evidence to show that
academy status was linked to school improvement.
The Local Government Association has already claimed that ministers are reducing council grants
by millions of pounds more than they will save
by schools converting to
academy status.
Converter
academies — those rated good or outstanding
by Ofsted at the time of conversion to
academy status — have more pupils achieving Level 4/5 and above than LA schools.
The controversial plans to require all schools to convert to
academy status, or have plans to do so,
by 2022 were announced in the Budget, but details followed in a white paper.
The government has said that all schools will either have to convert to
academy status - which sees them funded
by the Department for Education but run
by a governing body or trust independent from the local authority -
by 2020 or commit to doing so
by 2022.
Each was bolstered
by attaching its claims to higher
status fields, particularly business, but also the Defense Department, and leading management ideas from the
academy and industry.
However, as revealed
by Schools Week in December last year, RSCs are currently judged on how many schools in their areas convert to
academy status.
The principle is that schools can start to be turned around before the conversion to «sponsor
academy»
status - the current main mechanism for addressing failure,
by which schools are put under new management.