Sentences with phrase «against academisation»

The headteacher says she has nothing against academisation as a way forward for some schools.

I want to congratulate the teachers at Avenue Primary school, Keir Hardie Primary School, the Village Special School, Acton High School and many others who have taken strike action this year against academisation — and where we are winning.

The teachers and parents at the Bridge Special School, Ipswich and at St Philip's Church of England Aided Primary School in Romsey, who both fought brilliantly and where we won successful campaigns against academisation.

Not exact matches

Timo Hannay, SchoolDash founder, said: «The challenge for those who support compulsory academisation is to explain why a good school should be forced to convert against its wishes if there are unlikely to be any tangible academic gains.

In particular, both the forced academisation of schools in areas considered to be «unviable», and the removal of the council role in school improvement, went against evidence that council - maintained schools perform more highly than academies and free schools in Ofsted inspections, and that conversion to academies did not in itself lead to better results.

Morgan's u-turn followed an uprising against forced academisation from backbench Tory MPs who were particularly concerned about the potential impact on smaller schools in rural areas.

«Parents who have campaigned against the opaque and centralised process of academisation will be dismayed to see themselves dismissed as obstacles to be eliminated.»

Plans in the document to turn every state school in England into an academy by 2022 have come under fire from teaching unions and parents» groups, with ongoing protests against forced academisation planned across the country.

Carole Willis, the chief executive of the National Foundation for Education Research, welcomed «anything that gives schools greater clarity around accountability» but warned against «placing too much emphasis on using academisation as a silver bullet».

«In particular, both the forced academisation of schools in areas considered to be «unviable», and the removal of the council role in school improvement, went against evidence that council - maintained schools perform more highly than academies and free schools in Ofsted inspections, and that conversion to academies did not in itself lead to better results,» said Richard Watts, chairman of the LGA's Children and Young People Board.