29 per
cent of academy schools and 32 per cent of non-academies purchase in a chain or cluster.
65 per
cent of academy school leaders told us they are concerned about the impact of cuts to ESG.
Not exact matches
In opposing the amendment, Department for Education spokesperson Baroness Garden
of Frognal said, «At present, any maintained faith
school is able to select up to 100 per
cent of its pupils based on faith, subject to being oversubscribed... We want to ensure parity across faith
schools in the maintained and
academy sector... The noble Baroness's amendment would remove that flexibility for voluntary controlled
schools that have converted to become
academies, fixing their admissions arrangements to those that existed on the point
of conversion.
«With more than 80 per
cent of council maintained
schools currently rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted, and only three
of the 20 largest
academy chains viable to take on additional
schools, high performing maintained
schools should also be able to sponsor struggling
schools, without having to go through
academy status first.
For example, 61 per
cent of secondary
schools and 15 per
cent of primary
schools are now
academies or free
schools and so do not have to teach the national curriculum.
As
of 31 March 2016, 66 per
cent of secondary
schools and 20 per
cent of primary
schools are already
academies; 65 per
cent (3,611 out
of 5,449)
of academies (including free
schools) were in MATs, up from 53 per
cent at the end
of the 2013/14 academic year.
Roy Perry, chairman
of the children and young people board at the Local Government Association, said ranking councils by
school results «disguises the fact that over 60 per
cent of secondary
schools are now
academies, leaving councils powerless to intervene early and build an improvement programme».
As
of the start
of February, 65 per
cent of secondary and 18 per
cent of primary
schools were
academies.
Some 95 per
cent of delegates passed a motion that «no
schools should be forced to become an
academy» at the National Association
of Head Teachers (NAHT) conference in Birmingham.
The AET is proposing to cut the number
of buildings and estates staff in
schools by over 25 per
cent, resulting in at least 34 redundancies across its 66 primary, special and secondary
academies.
A survey commissioned by
academy trust Bohunt Education Trust (BET) has found that only 10 per
cent of people believe that children today have more outdoor education opportunities than they had in their
school years, with nearly three ‑ quarters
of people (71 per
cent) blaming cost as the biggest factor stopping children experiencing outdoor education.
A staggering 33 per
cent of those surveyed said that they have received no training about Progress or Attainment 8, and 25 per
cent said that their
school or
academy was «not», «very slightly», or «slightly» prepared for the introduction
of new measures.
Ormiston Forge
Academy in Cradley Heath capped a remarkable year with 84 per
cent of the A level cohort achieving three or more passes at grades A * - E. Just 18 months after the
Academy was judged as Good by Ofsted and in the same year it was designated as a National Support
School, every indicator at Key Stage 5 has improved yet again.
SRE is compulsory in council - maintained secondary
schools, but not in
academies or free
schools, which make up 65 per
cent of all secondary
schools.
It also states that in September 2016, 67 per
cent of secondary
schools were
academies in comparison to 21 per
cent of primary
schools.
He continued: «At a time when classroom teachers across the country have been denied even a one per
cent pay uplift and parents are increasingly being asked by
schools to make financial contributions for basic services, the excessive salaries
of some
academy chiefs can not be justified.
Over 60 per
cent of secondary
schools have converted to
academies and most
of them are part
of Multi
Academy Trusts (MATs).
«Our recent analysis
of the grades achieved by all
schools under the more rigorous Ofsted inspection framework proved that 81 per
cent of council - maintained
schools are rated as «good» or «outstanding», compared to 73 per
cent of academies and 79 per
cent of free
schools.
Less than seven percent said that they supported the goal
of every
school becoming an
academy, while 85.6 per
cent opposed the idea.
To support the fact that councils are doing a good job at keeping standards high in
schools, the report reveals that 89 per
cent of council - maintained
schools are rated as good or outstanding, compared to 62 per
cent of sponsored
academies; 88.5 per
cent of convertor
academies; and 82 per
cent of free
schools.
Over 75 per
cent of respondents said their workload had increased since their
school converted to
academy status.
It outlined that 98 per
cent of councils
schools improved after just one «inadequate» Ofsted inspection, compared with 88 per
cent of academies.
This data found 81 per
cent of council - maintained
schools were rated good or outstanding, with 73 per
cent of academies and 79 per
cent of free
schools.
Academies account for 60 per
cent of secondary
schools and 13 per
cent of primaries.
The gulf in advice saw 45 per
cent of independent
school students receive regular careers guidance compared to 13 per
cent of students in state
schools, and 14 per
cent in
academies.
67 per
cent of secondary
schools are currently
academies, compared to 21 per
cent of primary
schools, so growth in the primary phase would likely have to remain above that
of the secondary phase for quite some time if this gap is to close.
South West England continues to be the most academised region, where 38 per
cent of schools are not
academies, compared to just 18 per
cent in the North
of England and Lancashire and West Yorkshire.
Teachers have particularly seized the opportunity to set up a new
school; 67 per
cent of free
schools have been started by groups led by teachers, existing successful
schools,
academy chains or existing providers.
In his session, «Managing mental health — a resilience toolkit», Robert Whitelock
of Garforth
Academy revealed the shocking figure that 25 per
cent of school staff are susceptible to mental health problems.
South - East and South London have the greatest difference, with just six per
cent of schools in Lewisham being
academies, compared to 87 per
cent in Bromley.
Alternatively the West Midlands was found to have the least variation between local authorities, but still has some striking differences, with 13 per
cent of schools being
academies in Cheshire West and Chester compared to 48 per
cent in Stoke on Trent.
A further 10 per
cent said they didn't know what effect the autonomy
of academy schools had in the classroom, according to a poll
of 143
academy leaders carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research.
However the DfE highlighted a number
of facts which they said show
academies are having a positive impact on young people, including that sponsored
academies have GCSE results more than six per
cent above their predecessor
schools, compared to 1.3 per
cent higher in non-
academies.
An analysis by
Schools Week found that of the 87 schools across the country that lost 5 per cent or more pupils during year 11, 32 per cent were local authority - run, and 55 per cent were aca
Schools Week found that
of the 87
schools across the country that lost 5 per cent or more pupils during year 11, 32 per cent were local authority - run, and 55 per cent were aca
schools across the country that lost 5 per
cent or more pupils during year 11, 32 per
cent were local authority - run, and 55 per
cent were
academies.
The figures for primary
schools make for similar reading, with eight per
cent of sponsored
academies that were inadequate before converting getting another inadequate in their first Ofsted inspection.
Among staff working in
schools without
academy status, only 10 per
cent of senior leaders and seven per
cent of teachers think the extra autonomy has a beneficial effect in the classroom.
The latest figures show that around 61 per
cent of the 3,381 state secondary
schools in England are already
academies, compared to just 14.5 per
cent of its 16,766 primaries.
The minor tweaks that occur at national level — setting the «C grade» boundary at one point higher to reduce a pass rate by 0.3 per
cent rather than to see it rise by 2.5 per
cent, for example — may be a minor tweak nationally, but in some
of our
academies and
schools this causes a tsunami effect.
At the end
of 2015, one - quarter
of state funded
schools in England were
academies, and
of those, 59 per
cent were in MATs.
A further 11 per
cent of academies are in middle - sized MATs
of 10 - 29
schools, leaving 39 per
cent in small MATs
of fewer than 10
schools, a number that is likely to rise, especially once the government's white paper is published.
Just 16 per
cent of schools under her remit are
academies compared with 13 per
cent over two years ago.
Eighty - two per
cent of the city's
schools are rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted, only three
of which are
academies.
Schools Week looked at the central websites of the 10 largest academy trusts and the websites of a sample of 10 per cent of their schools to check if policy statements had been pub
Schools Week looked at the central websites
of the 10 largest
academy trusts and the websites
of a sample
of 10 per
cent of their
schools to check if policy statements had been pub
schools to check if policy statements had been published.
When Janet Renou gave her first interview to
Schools Week in 2014, just 13 per cent of schools in her region were academies, well below the national fi
Schools Week in 2014, just 13 per
cent of schools in her region were academies, well below the national fi
schools in her region were
academies, well below the national figure...
Of the MATs surveyed, 82 per cent reported that the creation of new opportunities to collaborate contributed to the decision of their schools to become academies and 40 per cent believed this was the main reason for their schools convertin
Of the MATs surveyed, 82 per
cent reported that the creation
of new opportunities to collaborate contributed to the decision of their schools to become academies and 40 per cent believed this was the main reason for their schools convertin
of new opportunities to collaborate contributed to the decision
of their schools to become academies and 40 per cent believed this was the main reason for their schools convertin
of their
schools to become
academies and 40 per
cent believed this was the main reason for their
schools converting.
It could include # 2.5 billion for the pupil premium (Lib Dems), three million apprenticeships (Conservative), ensuring all teachers are qualified (Labour), bringing free
schools and
academies under local authority control (Green) or
schools investigated by Ofsted on the presentation
of a petition to the DfE signed by 25 per
cent of parents or governors (UKIP)... or something entirely different.
«However, there could also be competing explanations: the amount
of [DfE] funding available to sponsors when a
school became a sponsored
academy reduced by 83 per
cent between 2010 and 2014.»
The five A * - C benchmark for Chinese pupils at local authority maintained (LA)
schools fell 7.9 per
cent, while the similar scores
of Chinese pupils in sponsored
academies dipped just 0.1 per
cent.
The idea that our network
of more than 23,000
schools, operating in hugely different contexts, could be overseen from the DfE's central London headquarters was always a nonsense, so I expected a significant increase in RSC activity as the percentage
of schools that are
academies neared 50 per
cent.
By January 2018, the proportion
of schools that were
academies had reached 93 per
cent in the London Borough
of Bromley, whereas only six per
cent of schools in Lancashire, Lewisham and North Tyneside were
academies.