Sentences with phrase «conversion into an academy»

«Forced conversion into academy status is not going to be the default option for coasting schools,» said Mr Hobby.

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The academy conversion model (initially common in schools in special measures, known as «sponsor» academies) is now chosen by many good / outstanding schools (known as «convertor» academies) as it turns a school into an independent business (not for profit) that receives funding directly from central government instead of a local authority.

The plans have faced widespread criticism from opposition parties and the education profession, with claims that there is no solid proof that converting a school into an academy will improve results and that the changes could lead to lengthy and expensive conversions for already high performing schools.

The National Audit Office (NAO), the government's spending watchdog, has released a report into the academy conversion process of maintained schools.

Legislation to enable the conversion of every school in England into an academy could be published within days, Schools Week understands.

Ofsted's annual report reveals that of 170 local authority - maintained schools that were languishing at the lowest rating in April last year, when new rules around academy conversion came into force, 65 of which have still not converted to academy status.

Asked how the KPIs would be used, a spokesperson for the DfE said: «The role of the regional schools commissioners is to tackle underperformance in academies and free schools, taking decisions on academy conversions and encouraging strong sponsors into the market to support struggling schools.

If inadequate schools have long been eligible for conversion, and the DfE hasn't explicitly committed to turning all of them into academies, perhaps because it can not find enough good sponsors for them all.

Rates of conversion of maintained schools into academies tended to be lowest in the north and in London.

The Anti Academies Alliance contains a catalogue of conversions of local authority - run schools into academies that were bitterly opposed by governors andAcademies Alliance contains a catalogue of conversions of local authority - run schools into academies that were bitterly opposed by governors andacademies that were bitterly opposed by governors and parents.

The executive director of the National Secular Society Keith Porteous Wood said: «A mass conversion of voluntary controlled schools into entirely self - governing academies freed from the moderating influence of local authorities will be the churches» dream and most parents» nightmare.

Despite the setback, the DfE said it expected the rate of academy conversions to increase, bolstered by the Education and Adoption Act that came into force in March, giving the department extra powers to intervene in «coasting» schools and have them taken over by academy sponsors.

Eight RSCs were appointed last summer by the Department for Education and have delegated powers to approve the conversion of maintained schools into academies, issue warning notices and rule on expanding or reducing intakes.