Sentences with phrase «forcing local school authorities»

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Over 80 % of local authority schools are rated good or outstanding by Ofsted — why force them to change?

If such a report were given to local authority maintained schools, they would be forced to accept academy status.

Three PFI schools have been forced to close because of low pupil numbers, but local authorities are still financially tied to the private financiers.

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.

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 shift in power over the last 30 years from local authorities to schools means the largest volunteer force in the country has had to transform itself from «friends of the school», to a body capable of running a multimillion - pound key public service.»

By forcing the local authorities out of mainstream education, it would also finally unpick the local authority system of schools put in place in England by Arthur Balfour's Conservative government in 1902.

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.

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.

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

There will be many outstanding schools in areas with a high proportion of underperforming schools that would rightly be outraged if they were forced into academisation for the sin of being located in a such a local authority area.

According to the account, the Republicans believe «the [Dept. of Education] is trying to reassert federal control by exceeding its authority with a rule that would require state and local spending in low - income schools receiving Title I funds to be equal or greater than non-Title I schools... and force schools to include teacher salaries when measuring spending between Title I and non-Title I schools...» At the same time, the story notes that «King is facing pressure from civil rights groups who want to ensure the new education law does not deprive low - income students of equal funding.»

What on earth is the point of stealing # 600 million from local authorities who are responsible for the vast majority of those successful schools, unless it is to force schools down the academies route?

Ministers want to force all schools in England to become academies making them independent of local authority control.

(To be clear, I also have no truck with forcing schools to leave high - performing local authorities if they are happy to stay with them).

The expansion of duties regarding pupils who go missing from mainstream school wills come into force from September and will mean staff will be required to give local authorities (LAs) additional information about a pupil's address, who they live with and their new school.

MPs on the parliamentary education committee have heard evidence from headteachers and local authority officers, who warned that vulnerable pupils are being forced out of mainstream schools due to «cliff - edge» accountability measures and a narrowing of the school curriculum.

The Government has, however, reiterated that it wants all schools to become academies and will force them to do so if they are in local authorities that it determines to be no longer «viable» or to be «underperforming».

Wednesday's announcement follows Education Secretary Michael Gove's warning to local authorities that he was ready to use his powers to force struggling schools to become academies.

If the non-attendance continues then the Local Authority may begin statutory proceedings to force attendance at school or look at alternative arrangements.

We have worked with schools, local authorities, foster parent groups, local police forces and of course children and young people.