Not exact matches
The changes to legislation will mean new tougher measures to raise standards in
coasting schools and will apply to all types of
school, including
local authority run and free
schools.
Powers will be extended to address failing and «
coasting» academies as well as
local authority schools, with Morgan claiming that underperforming academies should be «held to account».
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has backed down the proposals to force every
school to convert into an academy, meaning only those deemed as failing or
coasting will be forced to convert, as well as those in
local authority areas no longer deemed to be «viable».
Schools in Labour - run
local authority areas are more likely to face forced academisation under new laws designed to clamp down on
coasting councils.
The changes will mean that the new, tougher measures to raise standards in «
coasting»
schools will apply to all types of
school, whether
local authority, academy or free
school.
Analysis by Education Datalab has found that nearly one in five secondary
schools (18 per cent) in
local authorities that also have grammar
schools would be defined as «
coasting» if data from 2012 - 14 were used.
Nicky Morgan has announced that legislation will be extended to address failing and «
coasting» academies as well as
local authority schools.
Our advice in respect of «Failing», «
Coasting» and «Underperforming»
Schools aims to support NUT local officers in addressing questions from NUT members and others about the implications of recent Government policy initiatives for maintained schools and local autho
Schools aims to support NUT
local officers in addressing questions from NUT members and others about the implications of recent Government policy initiatives for maintained
schools and local autho
schools and
local authorities.
Where a
school falls into the
coasting category, a regional
schools commissioner or
local authority will contact the
school to look at its context and consider what action, if any, should be taken.
Regional
schools commissioners are writing to
coasting schools to identify specific support, leading critics to suggest they are now operating as reinvented
local authorities.
And last year, it was revealed that commissioners were writing to
coasting schools to identify specific support, leading critics to suggest they are now operating as reinvented
local authorities.
The government is planning to increase their powers to intervene in failing and «
coasting»
local authority maintained
schools, as well as academies, but concerns about their different approaches have been raised by organisations such as United Learning, an academy trust that runs
schools in all eight regions.