Sentences with phrase «academy status means»
«The indecent haste with which some outstanding schools have rushed to apply for, and secure, academy status means that a number appear to have cut corners in terms of consultation with staff and trade unions.
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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
The new plans mean almost 17,000 schools which have not been converted into academy status must have committed to do so by 2020.
Of course, in reality the consultation should inform the governors» decision making, which means it is prudent to consult before an application for academy status is made to the DfE.
The burgeoning growth in the number of schools converting to academy status will mean that a large number of new individuals — from business and from the community at large — will be drawn into these schools» governing bodies.
«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.
«Constant reform — including last week's move to force a status change upon the majority of schools that are not academies — leaves staff rushing to keep up and means teachers will spend more and more time on work outside of the classroom,» he said.
The combination of the regulations and statutory guidance means that schools that convert voluntarily to academy status always take their balances with them, whether they are in surplus or deficit.
The education secretary has explained how the freedoms that come with academy status would mean a religious school «can place itself permanently out of range of any such unsympathetic meddling» and be true to its religious traditions.