GCSE results of disadvantaged pupils, including English and mathematics, improved 2011 - 2013, though there was considerable variation
between academy chains.
GCSE results of disadvantaged pupils, including English and mathematics, improved in 2011 - 2013, though there was considerable variation
between academy chains.
A collaboration
between academy chain heavyweights to set up a higher education institution to train expert teachers has won funding in the first round of the Teaching and Leadership Innovation Fund, according to a leaked list of winners.
Not exact matches
Cuomo played a face - to - face role in brokering the April deal
between the city and Eva Moskowitz, head of the Success
Academy chain of charter schools, according to a newly released round of his public schedules.
Interviews conducted by Reform found that the current top - slice arrangement is creating a system in which the headteacher views the
academy as a «client buying into the
chain service», rather than as a branch of the
chain, which can lead to tension
between headteachers and
chain leadership.
Rebalancing power
Academy chains unlocked ultimately looks to outline a series of plans that Reform believes will «rebalance the power»
between academies and
chains.
Additionally, the differences
between primary and secondary
academies and
academies in different
academy chains add to the complexity.
High - performing
academy chains will also play a huge role in spreading existing best practice and innovation
between schools.
Students at Seymour Dual Language
Academy formed a human
chain, joining hands to show the links
between the community and the school during a recent event.
The government has previously faced criticism over close links
between its officials and certain
academy chains and claims that pressure was applied on some trusts to expand too quickly, leading to financial and performance issues.
The report also recommends that school funding is given to
academy chains rather than individual schools to avoid a reported «power struggle»
between chief executives and headteachers.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council in west London says its new primary free school - Ark Conway - came about because of a three - way partnership
between the local authority, the Ark
academy chain and parents.
And it called for «the DfE to ensure transparency as
academies are moved
between chains» when standards were not good enough.
He called for more collaboration
between academy trusts and schools, and urged
chains to «over-recruit» teachers and leaders so they could help turn around schools outside their organisations.