Sentences with phrase «forced academisation»

Powell told Corbyn that she had enjoyed her role, which included pushing the government to drop plans for forced academisation of schools.

Plans in the document to turn every state school in England into an academy by 2022 have come under fire from teaching unions and parents» groups, with ongoing protests against forced academisation planned across the country.

The government's U-turn on forced academisation has brought the issue of governance back onto the educational landscape.

Changes to accountability announced by education secretary Damian Hinds mean that poorly performing schools no long face forced academisation on data alone.

There is another equally compelling reason for forced academisation which can only come about by forcing the process.

These findings suggest the government's new proposals would protect these areas from forced academisation.

The Education and Adoption Bill is undemocratic in forcing academisation without consultation and excludes the school from selecting the sponsor that is most appropriate to them.»

By putting the debate over forced academisation on the agenda, they have brought the issue to a whole new audience.

Schools where 11 - year - old children don't meet the scores expected in reading, writing and maths, can still be deemed «above the floor» — and so exempt from interventions including forced academisation — if those children have made sufficient progress.

Morgan's u-turn followed an uprising against forced academisation from backbench Tory MPs who were particularly concerned about the potential impact on smaller schools in rural areas.

Major reforms such as forced academisation face being kyboshed in the wake of Brexit, Whitehall experts have told Schools Week.

15.18 - No sign of the promised forced academisation of schools in the Queen's speech.

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.

The role of the local authority in running schools has been brought into question this year with the government intention to force academisation upon all schools by 2022.

Although the report does not confirm the direct cause of this improvement, it does suggests that increased pressure from Ofsted and other bodies or attempts to try and avoid forced academisation could be contributing to this.

The motion also commits the NAHT executive to «ensure that school leaders are supported in resisting forced academisation» and to «continue to challenge the perception that structural change is a panacea for improvement».

Schools in Labour - run local authority areas are more likely to face forced academisation under new laws designed to clamp down on coasting councils.

Updated key stage 2 data released this morning shows that 83 of the 1,505 primary schools (6 per cent) in the eastern region are defined as «coasting», making them eligible for intervention and potential forced academisation.

Bright Tribe may have to pay up over its running of Whitehaven Academy and there is no proof that forced academisation offers the best value for money for...

«The LGA opposes forced academisation and giving significant powers relating to education to unelected civil servants with parents and residents unable to hold them to account at the ballot box.»

«I have been trying to make a very sensible, rational arguments about why I feel forced academisation is wrong and I think they are the same arguments I hear echoed by Conservatives in local government and in Parliament.

The government's forced academisation plan may have been scrapped, but it remains a requirement for some failing schools — and a choice for others.

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Raised in a family of teachers and talking often of her three school - aged children Powell took to the role well, winning plaudits for her boisterous opposition to government policies, including forced academisation and teacher shortages.

The head teachers» union also plans to debate issues such as forced academisation, assessment and British values in schools, over the weekend.

So I want to move away from forced academisation being seen as this punitive threat that can also hang over schools that are not failing.

The government has announced its ambition for every school to become an academy by 2020, despite backtracking on forced academisation.

Morgan admitted in parliament this week that the proposals will also mean that good or outstanding schools in these underperforming councils will still face forced academisation.

The decision comes after head teachers across England had suggested that they could go on strike as a result of forced academisation.

Its criticism of the forced academisation of primary schools has focused on its forced nature.

Labour has been very good on criticising the forced academisation of primary schools.

«We need, if not across - the - board unity, then at least respect for each other - and to turn our fire on this Tory government, and its forced academisation, tax and disability cuts policies in utter disarray.

«We have remained strong in our opposition to all forced academisation, and this opposition has been echoed by MPs, teachers and parents.

The EPI has warned that forced academisation could risk «damaging school outcomes» and has advised the government to not pursue full academisation as a policy objective.

In particular, both the forced academisation of schools in areas considered to be «unviable», and the removal of the council role in school improvement, went against evidence that council - maintained schools perform more highly than academies and free schools in Ofsted inspections, and that conversion to academies did not in itself lead to better results.

«The LGA opposes both forced academisation, and giving significant powers relating to education to unelected civil servants with parents and residents unable to hold them to account at the ballot box.»

He also spoke of his desire to see council education staff set up and run multi-academy trusts, but said conversations would have to happen «quite soon», with primary schools that looked to local authorities for support facing a change in that relationship as a result of forced academisation.

«Now that there has been a change to the policy objective of forced academisation, the sugary drinks levy would command far greater public support if every penny of it was hypothecated to public health measures to support children.»

John Nash is expected to continue with his academies brief and lead the charge, promised in the Conservative manifesto, for the forced academisation of schools.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has already said it is opposed to forced academisation.

You can see more of this happening if the forced academisation proposal goes through.

Schools deemed coasting will no longer face the threat of forced academisation or a change of sponsor following a U-turn due to be announced by the education secretary today.

In the last Budget, Chancellor George Osborne announced a forced academisation plan, under which all schools in England would either have to convert to academies by 2020 or be committed to converting by 2022.

A fierce opponent of forced academisation, Barton wrote in TES magazine in March that he would have to be «dragged kicking and screaming» to become the head of an academy.

Schools deemed coasting will no longer face the threat of forced academisation or a change of sponsor following a U-turn due to be announced by the education secretary...

The government may have made a u-turn on forced academisation, says Lucy Powell, but its misguided fixation with school structures remains

«In particular, both the forced academisation of schools in areas considered to be «unviable», and the removal of the council role in school improvement, went against evidence that council - maintained schools perform more highly than academies and free schools in Ofsted inspections, and that conversion to academies did not in itself lead to better results,» said Richard Watts, chairman of the LGA's Children and Young People Board.

Roy Perry of the Local Government Association said: «We are delighted that the government is listening to our strong opposition to forced academisation, which has been echoed by MPs, teachers and parents and backed up by evidence.»

This begs the obvious questions of whether the national policy commitment to structural change is likely to bring about a transformation in outcomes and whether any improvements that may follow are worth the expense, effort and (in the case of forced academisation) the turmoil that are entailed.