Local
authority run primaries were also rated better than their academy counterparts, with 91 per cent rated good or outstanding in their last inspection compared to 86 per cent of primary academies.
Not exact matches
The second is an independent monetary
authority that assumes
primary responsibility for stabilizing the economy and aggressively pursues the goal of maximum employment consistent with long -
run price stability.
Play, Playtimes, Play Grounds, Lunchtimes This report published by the National Children's Bureau evaluates the impact of the Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) programme developed by South Gloucestershire Council learning and school effectiveness service and
run in over 70 % of the
authority's
primary schools over six years.
The dysfunctional nature of how urban schools teach students to relate to
authority begins in kindergarten and continues through the
primary grades.With young children, authoritarian, directive teaching that relies on simplistic external rewards still works to control students.But as children mature and grow in size they become more aware that the school's coercive measures are not really hurtful (as compared to what they deal with outside of school) and the directive, behavior modification methods practiced in
primary grades lose their power to control.Indeed, school
authority becomes counterproductive.From upper elementary grades upward students know very well that it is beyond the power of school
authorities to inflict any real hurt.External controls do not teach students to want to learn; they teach the reverse.The net effect of this situation is that urban schools teach poverty students that relating to
authority is a kind of game.And the deepest, most pervasive learnings that result from this game are that school
authority is toothless and out of touch with their lives.What school
authority represents to urban youth is «what they think they need to do to keep their school
running.»
He also spoke of his desire to see council education staff set up and
run multi-academy trusts, but said conversations would have to happen «quite soon», with
primary schools that looked to local
authorities for support facing a change in that relationship as a result of forced academisation.
There was a saving of # 6 per pupil for
primary schools on
running expenses when they were in a multi-academy trust, compared to being with their local
authority.
However, while some
authorities run area - wide tests that pupils can take in their
primary schools, nine schools in the London borough of Southwark require prospective pupils to take their own fair banding tests.