The government's flagship school reforms programme of
encouraging academy conversion and the opening of new free schools could act to widen educational inequality across the country, according to new analysis.
Not exact matches
The note makes clear that this includes cooperation with governing bodies of maintained schools who are being
encouraged to seek
academy conversion.
There are some interesting models developing to
encourage primary school
conversions, including forming primary
academy clusters with shared management and forging symbiotic relationships with neighbouring secondary
academies.
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.
By focusing our efforts on those schools most at risk of failing young people, and
encouraging «good» and «outstanding» schools to seize the opportunities of
conversion, we will ensure the continued growth of the
academy programme, empowering frontline heads and school leads, and transforming even more children's education.