Sentences with phrase «expansion of the academies programme»
It's now clear that whatever form the next government takes, further expansion of the academies programme is likely to continue.
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Founded in 2009 to support new free schools, the NSN has been a key ally of the government in its rapid expansion of the academies programme.
Andrew Eyles, one of the report's authors, said the results «cast doubt on whether further expansion of the academies programme will be beneficial to English education», commenting that primary schools «have been unable to harness their freedoms as effectively as the disadvantaged secondary schools that thrived under the early sponsored academies programme».
There are a great many other things in the bill, such as welfare reform or the expansion of the academies programme, which are far less positive, but it is on these three key issues - the deficit, political reform and civil liberties - that the coalition government will be judged.
2.57 pm: My colleague Paul Owen has just been to a fringe meeting where David Laws was explaining his worries about the coalition's expansion of the academies programme and introduction of free schools.
«Deputy directors will complement the senior leadership teams in each RSC's office, helping to deliver the expansion of the academies programme and recruit strong sponsors.»
The expansion of the academies programme and free schools, the end of the # 55bn Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, and a reduction in government funding for higher education are all having a significant impact on the sector.
Measuring performance The National Audit Office published a report on managing the expansion of the academies programme, which evaluated the implementation of the programme from May 2010.
Most of the legal changes needed for the expansion of the academies programme and to allow groups to set up free schools were passed in the Academies Act, which went through Parliament in the summer.
An Academies Act, passed in the summer, paved the way for groups of parents, teachers and charities to set up their own «free schools», and for the expansion of the academies programme, under which schools are being encouraged to «opt out» of local authority control.