Sentences with phrase «to become academies»

We are a charity dedicated to supporting the process of schools becoming academies.

To enable many more schools to become academies in order to provide schools with «the freedoms to deliver an excellent education in the way they see fit».

It will look to further investigate the «large and interesting» variations in the proportions of underperforming school that have become academies by phase and by region.

The school is now in the process of becoming an academy.

For everyone else after 2010, becoming an academy doesn't seem to have had much effect.

But the committee noted a problem — most voluntary converter schools already had to be good or outstanding before becoming an academy.

One proposal is to include the previous ratings of schools which become an academy or are taken over by a new sponsor, wherever possible.

And only schools rated outstanding gain a positive boost in their results when becoming an academy.

1: Do It For A Reason There are many negative reasons for becoming an academy.

Form that groups interested in becoming an academy sponsor need to complete as part of the application process.

From 2010 to the present, however, schools have been allowed to become academies if they wish to do so.

If the choice is become an academy because you know that actually you can improve the quality of what's going on, then that would seem the right thing to do.

It also seems that, after 2010, letting outstanding schools convert into becoming academies was also a good thing.

The controversial plan, considered the greatest shake - up to the education system in generations, would force thousands of schools to become academies over the next six years.

Becoming an academy offers real help in tough times.

Becoming an academy allowed for sweeping changes to the pastoral system which could have been achieved if it had remained as a maintained school, but not as quickly.

Question: Will all schools still have to become academies eventually?

The schools landscape could look very different from how it does today, quite quickly, if the government's vision for all schools to become academies comes to fruition.

This is a powerful reason for schools to resist becoming academies.

But most schools - including special schools - will be able to become academies provided that they meet the requirements of a «funding agreement» between themselves and the government.

A further 17 new schools were opened as academies and a small number of independent schools became academies.

Every state primary and secondary school will be expected to have either become an academy by 2020, or to have an academy order in place to convert by 2022.

Was it not the case though that the schools which chose to become academies did so because they were already higher performers?

Above all learning has to be at the centre of becoming an academy.

More than a quarter of all applications to become academy sponsors were either deferred or rejected over the same period.

The government has said it intends to offer support for underperforming schools, but has threatened to use powers to force them to become academies if they do not produce effective improvement plans.

Whilst this might not have been an issue for schools becoming academies on their own (as a single academy trust) this is becoming more of an issue for multi ‑ academy trusts and particularly for sponsored academies who may be reluctant to inherit either crumbling buildings or new buildings commissioned by a local authorities without a full set of warranties.

Two are good, four require improvement and one hasn't been inspected since becoming an academy in April 2016.

«In addition, the research findings only apply to schools, mainly in disadvantaged areas, which became academies under the previous Labour government's scheme.»

He composed the music for the classic Broadway musical «West Side Story,» which later became an Academy Award - winning film.

New figures have cast further doubt on the government's assertion that becoming an academy improves schools — revealing inadequate schools have more chance of improving by staying under local authority control.

In a statement, the DfE said: «As more schools choose to convert to academy status and struggling schools become academies with the support of a strong sponsor, it is important RSCs have the right resources to build system capacity and hold schools to account for their performance.

Arsenal have officially announced that Per Mertesacker will become their academy manager in a year's time as he prepares to extend his stay in north London.

The teaching school, also rated as Ofsted outstanding, has secured its future by gaining approval to become an academy from Janet Renou, RSC for the north of England, although it could now be forced to expand its intake to become a primary or secondary school.

LSE's Centre for Economic Performance used data from the National Pupil Database to examine the test performance of 270 primaries which became academies between September 2010 and April 2012.

He said:» It is extremely worrying that over the last three years only 37 per cent of secondary schools have actually improved their Ofsted rating after becoming academies.»

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Struggling schools that were given more autonomy by being converted into academies under the former Labour government have seen improved exam results compared to similar schools that did not become academies, according to our new research.

Section 5 of the Academies Act 2010 requires your management committee to consult with interested parties about becoming an academy before the funding agreement is signed, but it is up to you when it starts and how long it lasts.

And yes, the status of a school is irrelevant (anyone arguing that simply becoming an academy makes a difference is naive or brainwashed).

Ministers want to force all schools in England to become academies making them independent of local authority control.

«Forcing schools to become academies strips parents, teachers and faith groups of any local choice,» said an LGA statement.

The government says campaigners have too often been able to delay or overrule the process by which schools deemed failing become academies.

Not a single failing school became an academy less than nine months after an inspection in at least 26 local authorities over the past three years, Schools Week...

Critics have raised «important issues» over government plans to make every school in England become an academy, the Education Secretary has said.

«I think we have already reached tipping point where local authorities in most parts of the UK can't provide the school improvement that they did in the past - so many schools have become academies already that the capacity for local authorities to deliver effective school improvement has been hugely diminished.»

«The first set of schools to become academies [in this Parliament] were ones that were entrenched in underperformance, from local authorities, for years.

Catholic and Church of England leaders will have the final say on whether 5,500 schools under their control become academies, according to two new agreements with government.