Sentences with phrase «becoming an academy does»

The study found that pupils who were enrolled in a school prior to it becoming an academy did no better in their KS2 tests than those sitting the same exams at comparable schools, irrespective of the Ofsted grade of the school before it converted.

«I hope that they will because we are convinced that becoming academies does lift standards but they can do the right thing for them and I think that reflects the concerns and the conversations that we have had.»

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

Not exact matches

If it involves the business of music, Allan Reid has done it — having worked as a major label A&R exec and an indie artist manager (among other gigs) before becoming president and CEO of Canada's music industry association, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

The church becomes an academy of word care to the extent that people learn that even the most academically demanding and technical theology has to be done, at least metaphorically, on one's knees, with one's shoes off.

And when Max Weber, in his famous address Wissenschaft als Beruf, sought to shape the self - understanding of the modern academy, he did so by insisting that the academic realm, like the political and economic realms, had become and would remain governed by means - end rationality and by impersonal constraints.

My idea is if you consider them good enough they should be given their opportunity, if they are not, move them on just like how you move on those from the academy or some players that were bought but did not produce, there is a lot of british talent there which would become even greats with the help of our international players

Well your righ with met spend but in amount paid out for players no net were 5th but i agree our champions league performances have been poor we had some tough draws and the premier league is more demanding then the other leagues in strwnght of competition and games played still excuses do nt win but that monaco loss left me shaking my head in cl we get theough the group but cant muster the strength needed for knockout and we should be performing better were under performing for the talent xhaka has frustrated me hes got the talent and plays well but cant hold focus in games he drops off and loses his marks our academy is doing well but yes it is tougher now to break in to the first team iwobi has done well but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decline

He can also decide to own and run an academy whereby he can continue grooming kids into becoming football greats, something he is adept at doing.

Anyone claiming iwobi doesn't deserves to be an arsenal player siting lack of potential or insufficient potential is clearly ignorant about football.this is a player requiring 2 to 3 changes in his to become world class.Need i remind my fellow gooners that out of the stellar caste of academy players which include dion zelalem, Jeff Adelaide, Chris willock, biellick, akpom etc iwobi is the only one making the first team this I assure you is not mere luck or coincidence or as sum here would be put it «being Wenger's favourite» - most so called wenger favourites are actually our best players - but becos of his immense potential, clear headedness and hard work.lest we forget he was actually in contention for the golden boy award.so does of you not seeing his potentials should f**k off.

I believe the carry on of some supporters last season and season before are to blame some here were looking for loses just so they can prove a point to me they are not Arsenal at all some have been even worse they embarrassed Arsenal in away grounds what a bunch of red necks I am frustrated at Mr Wenger but I will always respect him he is a legend I would love to see the academy win their tier We don't seem to pick the right players as most of them do nt make it luckily this issue has been addressed Once again I need to emphasize the importance of being united behind the club and very vocal sometimes it so quite I am surprised that players have not fallen asleep and now with the new trend of empty seats I start to believe we are going into a self destruct we need to wake up and shake down the bad dust and stand up to be counted before it becomes to late Wishing Arsenal a Prosperous successful New Year Happy new year folks

Nicky Butt became the head of the Academy, made many changes this summer and brought in a new U18 coach, Kieran McKenna, who has done well with his current crop of stars.

But academy appointments are for life, and until this week, the organization's rules did not provide for resignations; it viewed those who quit as members who had become inactive, but could not be replaced.

«This cloak and dagger approach is leaving those schools which do become academies on 1 September vulnerable to legal challenge and possibly industrial action.

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.

Ford became best known for his Westerns, of which he made dozens through the 1920s, but he didn't achieve status as a major director until the mid -»30s, when his films for RKO (The Lost Patrol [1934], The Informer [1935]-RRB-, 20th Century Fox (Young Mr. Lincoln [1939], The Grapes of Wrath [1940]-RRB-, and Walter Wanger (Stagecoach [1939]-RRB-, won over the public, the critics, and earned various Oscars and Academy nominations.

Pirates of the Caribbean is the first film ever released under the Walt Disney Pictures brand to receive higher than a PG rating (the film is rated PG - 13), and the team assembled to make the film is a virtual Who's who of hot properties: Director Gore Verbinski had a huge hit last year with the spook fest The Ring, Writers Terry Rossio & Ted Elliott were the writing team behind Shrek, Actor Johnny Depp is so extremely selective in his roles no one would ever imagine he'd do a Disney film, Orlando Bloom is fresh off the Lord of The Rings Trilogy, Geoffrey Rush has at least one Academy Award under his belt, and Keira Knightley has become a hot property after her performance in the run away indie hit Bend It Like Beckham.

In doing so, the Academy subverts the one and only thing good thing the precursors can do: give Oscar voters the time to reconsider their options and / or to become better aware of movies they might have otherwise skipped.

In doing so, he becomes the sixth actor to receive (2) Academy Award nominations for playing the same character.

HIllenbrand's work is no stranger to the Academy Awards, so don't be surprised if her second novel also becomes an Oscar fixation.

Audiences and Academy voters don't want to feel like they're seeing the same movie twice (even 1998's Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line felt like completely separate entities), and they sure might if the same pretty - boy - officer - faces - Japanese - torture narrative becomes the focal point of both war dramas.

But really, who could've known that inviting the Academy Award - winning actor / director / New Englander on to talk about Boston sports could've become what it did.

It is pretty phenomenal, but it's also far too ice - cool to register with the Academy unless it becomes some kind of mega-hit, which I don't really see happening.

But I expect «Selma,» which sent screeners to the Academy but not the guilds, to become the fourth film to do so, in the process finding a measure of redemption at the hands of Oscar voters.

Deadline's official Problematic - Man - Getting - in - Front - of - the - Story Correspondent, Mike Fleming Jr., broke the news that Affleck notified the Academy he will not attend because he «did not want to become a distraction from the focus that should be on the performances of the actresses in the category.»

The best performance of all, though, belongs to Rockwell, an actor who seemed destined to become a multiple Academy Award winner a few years back but has somehow lost that vibe in more recent films that Hollywood either doesn't notice or doesn't take seriously.

It might be tempting to become an academy because you feel that this is something every school will eventually have to do, but this line of thinking can prevent valuable consideration of the real pros and cons of conversion for your school.

We did the Willows Academy, we were learning about computer programming, and we had teachers from our language, arts and history, science and math, all wanting to become better programmers and to be able to integrate that into their classrooms.

Whilst the EFA require local authorities to continue to manage these contracts if a school converts to an academy, it is becoming increasingly obvious that some local authorities are struggling to do so effectively with the pressure of funding cuts and the decimation of local authority teams.

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

However, the report did note that academies are significantly more likely to be rated by Ofsted as «Outstanding» compared to similar maintained schools, although this finding is less robust for converter academies because many have not been re-inspected since becoming an academy.

For example, a small state controlled school who is contemplating becoming an academy would need to first consider whether they would want to be part of a Trust with other schools or do they stand alone?

«Those schools that do become academies are going to have to consider how they manage the buildings that they occupy.

However, the research did outline that the smaller number of «sponsored» academies which were previously under - achieving, made more progress when they became academies.

It remains to be seen if the government will manage to push any new legislation to increase selection through parliament, or exactly how academies will fit into the education system if this does become a reality.

Milburn also recommended a zero - tolerance approach to failure in schools, saying that they should become parts of academy chains if they do not meet minimum standards.

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

When he became principal of Malden's Linden S.T.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) Academy in 2012, one of the first things he did was to start laying out plans for a room devoted to student data.

Updates are made automatically and our IT support is available 24/7 to help our clients maintain their academies so that it doesn't become a legacy system.

At Booker T. Washington Academy, the uncommon truly does become common.

A spokesperson added: «The numbers for local authority schools do not include the hundreds of inadequate council primaries that closed to become sponsored academies, by their very definition these would include the worst performing schools.

However, for «Inadequate» schools that did not become academies, 99.4 % improved.

But almost all schools which were inadequate and became academies after 2010 did so through the sponsor route.

Charter schools had become a bone of contention among lawmakers as some questioned the accountability of charters after high - profile problems with the Hartford - based Jumoke Academy that included financial miscues, nepotism and concern about a former chief executive officer who had lied about having a doctorate degree before admitting that he did not.

Can church schools become stand - alone academies or do they have to become part of a diocesan - led trust?

It is being undermined to the point that being a leader in schools and academies like ours is becoming so unattractive we fear there will be no one left to do the job.

«The same staff who campaigned against the school becoming an academy are now saying «hang on a minute, why do we have an executive headteacher and a finance director when you're making people redundant?»

Labour's shadow education secretary Lucy Powell said: «Just because they have become an academy or are part of a chain doesn't mean that a school will automatically succeed.

«The Tory government's plans to force all schools to become academies is a top - down, costly reorganisation of our schools, which nobody wants and schools don't need.»

The majority of primary schools are performing extremely well and do not wish to become academies.