Sentences with phrase «as the academies programme»

Questions were asked about why it took the government so long to impose the bar on creationism, given concerns about it being taught were raised as soon as the academies programme was introduced.

Not exact matches

Monaco won with the Academy programme, Man Utd did, Barca won every damn thing with that and as I believe that is a better approach to football but now a days money speaks louder...

Only Pepe and Alvaro Arbeloa of Carlo Ancelotti's outfield squad are older than Ronaldo, such has been the focus on the construction of a new era of talent, with Real Madrid looking to invest more into their academy programme as well as eyeing up potential youthful talents from elsewhere, with Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling known to be a target.

The PSA Academies team, led by Philippe Saint Andre also included coaches Jermome Riondet (leading French Rugby journalist and ex-Harlequins, FC Grenoble & Oxford University Blue, the first Frenchman to play in the Varsity Match), Florian Rossigneux (ex-Racing, Sydney University, London Wasps, Bedford & Richmond player and Rugby Canada & Rosslyn Park coach), Jules Di Tomaso and Cory Brown were welcomed by host Olivier Baudin as they arrived for the 10 day programme at Fort de France airport on the west coast of the island.

The Paris Saint - Germain Youth Academy this week welcomed a delegation from the French Football Federation (FFF) and UEFA, led by Jean - Claude Guintini, as part of the UEFA Elite Youth training programme.

Busy week underway for the J Academy Training Experience programme, as 70 children from New York, Miami and Tunis travel to Turin

Learning from Large - Scale Community - Based Programmes to Improve Breastfeeding Practices (2008) Authoring organization (s): World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Academy for Educational Development, Africa's Health in 2010 Published: 2008 Summary: Community - based breastfeeding promotion and support is one of the key components of a comprehensive program to improve breastfeeding practices, as outlined in the WHO / UNICEF Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding.

Parents hope the programmes, which typically consist of brief dialogue and picture sequences, will boost the learning ability of children as young as eight months old, even though the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that youngsters not watch television until two years of age.

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.

We already have eight regional schools commissioners, who take on key decisions regarding academies and free schools, so perhaps the number and remit will change, especially as the free schools programme will be terminated.

More recently, under the coalition government, regional schools commissioners were created to bridge the widening chasm between Whitehall and the regions as more schools become autonomous under the academies programme.

As with the academies programme, free schools were initially meant to address issues of equity and inclusion, and create quality provision in poorer areas where it may not already exist.

We are also deeply concerned that the Church of England and Catholic Church both seem to see the Academies programme as an opportunity to take control of Community schools with no religious character that convert to Academies.

«The academies and free schools programme is proving to be a modern version of The Emperor's New Clothes, as we always knew it would be.

As a former Education Minister who helped the drive for academy schools in the New Labour years, it was hoped his appointment might signal Ed Miliband's support for the Coalition's Free Schools programme.

As a consequence the academy is underwriting a A$ 3.5 million project to introduce such a programme into primary schools across Australia.

The ALLEA Working Group on Science Education functions at the same time as the European Council of the Science Education programme of IAP (InterAcademy Panel, the global network of science academies).

Norwich schools taking part in the programme are City Academy Norwich, City of Norwich School, Notre Dame High School and The Open Academy as well as Norwich City College of Further and Higher Education where Stephen Fry studied A levels in 1976/77.

The DofE's guiding principles are in line with schools» and academies» missions and PSHE programmes and the DofE actively supports these establishments to set up and run the DofE ensuring as many young people as possible have access to it.

Blackpool schools taking part in the programme are Blackpool Aspire Academy, Highfield Leadership Academy, Montgomery High School, St Georges School and Unity Academy Blackpool as well as Blackpool and Fylde College where both Jodie Prenger and Craig Parkinson studied.

Ernesford Grange Community Academy was one of a number of secondary schools in Coventry that were awaiting a new building as part of the Building Schools for the Future programme.

RoSPA has launched a new programme that checks and validates the systems schools and academies have in place as part of health and safety risk management.

Apart from those projects from the BSF programme that survived the economic downturn, it is as yet relatively unclear how the academies programme will provide new buildings in future.

«As a direct consequence of the academies programme, local authorities have less money to fund and support other schools.»

The education secretary Nicky Morgan said: «From helping to set up one of the country's top academy chains, to acting as a council member for the Institute of Education, to overseeing our ambitious qualification reform programme, Amanda has extensive experience at the frontline of the education system, making her uniquely qualified to take up this important role.

«This is especially an issue with complex structural changes to education systems, such as the move to a school - led system, be it in the form of the academies programme, teaching schools or free schools.

Schools Week has previously revealed how the government wrote off nearly # 10 million as losses soar under the expansion of its free school and academies programme.

Sarah Wollaston, a former GP who chairs the health select committee, called for the remaining revenue from the levy that is not spent in schools to be ring - fenced for children's public health programmes, rather than funding the expansion of academies as part of the Department for Education's general budget.

Mr Herrington said that such efforts may involve pairing struggling schools with others, but would also involve working with academy sponsors to find out if there were additional ways in which they could be supported, including through things such as the DfE's new Talented Leaders programme which encourages high - performing headteachers to consider working in lower - performing parts of the country.

That's why we've made it easy for our Academy LMS to act as a hub when running any blended programme.

I just find it constantly worthy of note that when a bad apple is unearthed in the academies sector it is immediately leapt upon as proof positive that the academies programme is fatally flawed, and yet when incompetence, failure and fraud happens in the local government arena no - one suggests that we should get rid of all councils...

I know NASUWT has voiced concerns about the academies programme right from the outset but let's be clear that this is about creating a system that is school - led; one that puts trust in you — the professionals inside the system, giving you the freedom from government to do your jobs as you see fit, based on the evidence of what you know works.

«It is through this programme that we ensure that the academy mission statement is fulfilled and that children develop what we refer to as their «moral compass».

Pupils at our Harlow Academies have enjoyed a range of school trips this year, including visiting the zoo, the theatre and the ballet, as part of the ongoing development of the curriculum enrichment programme available to pupils.

Dismissing their opinions and the whole academy programme as simply «this government's pathological and ideological hatred of local government» is insulting and equally naive as those who blindly believe everything the DfE says.

Schools do indeed change Ofsted categories and it might be as a result of factors completely outside the control of the operator, be it LA or academy trust — however you only have to look at the trove of SchoolsWeek stories about how an academy has dropped a grade or two to see all the comments about how this shows the academy programme is to blame.

It is regularly cited by ministers as a leading light of its academies programme and is regarded as one of the country's most successful sponsors.

The free schools programme, established by Michael Gove in 2010 as a way for members of the public and teachers to set up their own schools, is increasingly used by large, established academy chains to start their own schools.

As part of the Net Academies Art programme, each of the three NET Academies in Harlow have held a series of exciting Winter - themed parent / child Art workshops.

Having converted the old «caretaker's house» to create more space for the children and their parents, the academy are now making use of their new kitchen space to run cookery classes as part of their nurture programme.

The capital had interventions, such as the London Challenge, reformist local authorities and, in some areas, the «sponsor academies» programme.

A DfE spokesman said: «The academies programme has transformed the lives of millions of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, as this report shows.

Mrs Morgan's speech was met with cries of «rubbish» as she talked about the academies programme and testing.

• Leading a failing Alternative Provision academy out of special measures in two terms • Coaching senior leaders to ensure rapid improvement in their schools • Developing outstanding Safeguarding practice as a member of a inner city Children's Safeguarding Board • Leading a five - year, # 28 million whole school re-building programme.

As I see it, that's what the academy programme gives us — a system that means that if any entity is not doing well enough in running a school it will be taken away and passed to someone who can do a better job.

Inspiring Governance works closely with Academy Ambassadors, a programme dedicated to finding individuals with the right level of professional skill and expertise to serve as trustees of large, changing or developing multi-academy trusts.

Concerns of potential conflicts of interests have been raised about individuals contracted to work as advisers in the government's academies and free schools programme in England.

And at least four advisers contracted to work in the sponsored academies programme are also working as Ofsted inspectors, some in apparently overlapping areas.

Whatever happens with the post, May will have to decide if she will follow in Cameron's footsteps as a vocal advocate of the academies programme or give way to the cynicism which has grown within much of her party, especially over its planned expansion.

Dave Baker, executive head of Olympus Academy Trust in South Gloucestershire, said in - school programmes such as School Direct and Teach First may help balance out the requirement for extra language teachers.