Sentences with phrase «converted local authority schools»

Funding is an issue across the board, and academies are seen by many as an increasingly attractive alternative to the traditional model, whether they are sponsored academies, or converted local authority schools.

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Blunkett was one of the ministers responsible for drawing up initial plans for academies under the Labour government in the 2000s but, writing for The Observer, he said that it is «mystifying» that the government wants to convert already high performing local authority run schools.

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.

Councils had to spend more than # 22m covering the costs of schools converting to academy status in the last two years, even though they are moving free from local authority control and are funded from Whitehall.

However, the suggestion of forced academisation drew heavy criticism from teaching unions and the Labour Party, who argued that there was no clear evidence that academy conversion actually raised standards and it would be a waste of money to force successful local authority run schools to convert.

Converting to academy status gives schools the chance to step away from their local authorities and have more input into how they believe their schools should operate.

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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».

The initiative instructs that, when council - maintained schools choose to convert, their respective local authorities are responsible for any funds that are incurred, including legal fees.

Finally, schools and SENCOs will need to be geared up to review existing statements of SEN for children in their care with the local authority in order to convert current statements to EHC plans — a duty which must take effect from September 2014 to 2017.

The plans outline that every school will be in the process of being converted into an academy by 2020, with no schools remaining under local authority control by 2022.

Sponsored academies Sponsored academies are formerly local authority maintained schools that were taken over and converted into an academy due to underperformance.

There remains, however, a big rump of schools which remain conventional local authority schools - particularly in the primary phase of education, where the cash incentives to convert were much weaker.

I can't see how it would be reasonable to forcibly convert any good or outstanding school regardless of which local authority they are maintained by since the assumption would be that they are getting what support they need to maintain the quality of their provision.

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.

Taking a sample of schools which converted to academy status between 2010 and 2012, there were 3.6 % more pupils achieving five good GCSEs including English and maths than comparable local authority schools.

Local authorities should bear this in mind if they consider asking the government to convert all the area's schools.

When it is clear a local authority can no longer viably support its remaining schools because a critical mass of schools has converted.

Analysis published by the CentreForum think tank on Wednesday found as many as 52 local authorities could be unviable — meaning all schools in those areas would have to convert.

For example, the cost to a Local Authority of converting a school to an Academy is between # 2,500 and # 20,000 * without considering any financial deficits the Authority may retain and money spent on school improvement services in the time taken to conversion.

If the Conservative Government proceeds with its plan to convert all schools in England into academies this begs the question, what happens to all the valuable school land and buildings paid for by taxpayers and largely controlled by local authorities?

While most local authorities pick up the conversion costs — including legal fees — Staffordshire says it can not afford to shell out a potential # 3.8 million should its remaining 300 - plus schools convert.

Over the past six years, local authorities have had less and less money available for supporting schools and in several places, all schools have already converted to being academies.

Under the academies scheme, when council - maintained schools choose to convert, local authorities have to pick up the tab for the costs of conversion including the cost of any deficit and legal fees.

Four maintained schools remained with the Doncaster local authority for more than nine months, while four were converted on time.

If you are the headteacher or chair of governors of a local - authority - maintained school converting to an academy, you must complete the following steps.

In January 2016 Schools Week reported that Staffordshire County Council was introducing a levy of # 6,000 on schools that convert to become academies, and a year later in January 2017 we revealed that Schools in Norfolk had paid more than # 500,000 in «conversion costs» to their local autSchools Week reported that Staffordshire County Council was introducing a levy of # 6,000 on schools that convert to become academies, and a year later in January 2017 we revealed that Schools in Norfolk had paid more than # 500,000 in «conversion costs» to their local autschools that convert to become academies, and a year later in January 2017 we revealed that Schools in Norfolk had paid more than # 500,000 in «conversion costs» to their local autSchools in Norfolk had paid more than # 500,000 in «conversion costs» to their local authority.

The school is in a converted office block rented from a local authority.

This could include taking schools away from local authority control, converting them into academies - directly funded by central government - and putting them under the leadership of high - achieving head teachers.

The system used by the government to convert local authority - maintained schools into academies is under National Audit Office scrutiny.

The report, which focuses on the process of converting local authority - maintained schools into academies, is particularly relevant given the recent scandal involving David Meller.

«We absolutely support those strong local authorities where schools are good and outstanding - they can make the choice to convert.

The government has said that all schools will either have to convert to academy status - which sees them funded by the Department for Education but run by a governing body or trust independent from the local authority - by 2020 or commit to doing so by 2022.

«Naming and shaming... would certainly suit the education department to push all local authorities into the position of converting schools to academies,» said Christine Blower, leader of the National Union of Teachers.

There will be a new provision for «unviable» local authorities to ask the DfE to convert schools into academies if the council can no longer support them.

deciding on applications from local - authority - maintained schools to convert to academy status

Under this mechanism a local authority will also be able to request the Department for Education converts all of its remaining schools

If you're a local - authority - maintained school, information is available about converting to an academy.

firstly, where it is clear that the local authority can no longer viably support its remaining schools because a critical mass of schools in that area has converted.

For other high - performing schools in strong local authorities the choice of whether to convert will remain the decision of the individual schools and governing bodies in question.