While central government continues with its ludicrous policy of
allowing academy chains to surcharge schools as much as they want for central services, maintained schools must buy such services.
In absence of the national funding formula (NFF), which has been delayed until 2018/19, it would also
allow academy chains spanning more than one local authority to address large inequalities in funding.
There was a controversial proposal to
allow academy chains to operate without any elected parent governors, which ruffled the feathers of many people who had given up their time to help local schools.
Not exact matches
The report, «
Chain Effects 2015: The impact of
academy chains on low - income students», suggests new
chains should not be
allowed to expand until they have a «track record of success».
Last year, the country's largest
academy chain, AET, moved all its information communication technology (ICT) services to Google's cloud service, saying it would
allow it to save # 900,000.
There is divergence with their coalition partners over
allowing Ofsted to inspect
academy chains.
The committee also argues there should be a mechanism to
allow outstanding schools to leave
academy chains, including without the approval of the organisation running the
chain.
«New
chains should not be
allowed to expand until they have a track record of success in driving improvement in their existing
academies,» it said.
The rapid expansion of GAT again raises questions about
academy chains being
allowed to grow rapidly.
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Academy Chain Will Allow Pay in Crypto A large chain of South Korean private language schools has signed an agreement with a blockchain sta
Chain Will
Allow Pay in Crypto A large
chain of South Korean private language schools has signed an agreement with a blockchain sta
chain of South Korean private language schools has signed an agreement with a blockchain startup.