Thirty per cent of academy senior leaders who took part in a poll on the additional autonomy that comes
from academy status said it had «no effect» at all in the classroom, while 18 per cent said it had a negative impact.
Not exact matches
Since
Academy schools are not under the control of local authorities, it is a source of great wonder to me that all Catholic maintained schools have not opted for this
status; it is an even greater wonder that the Catholic diocesan authorities are, it seems, actually discouraging the governors of Catholic schools
from exercising their legal right to opt for
Academy status.
In a national survey published by the American
Academy of Pediatrics in 2006, researchers found that paying for formula was one of the top three barriers preventing hospitals
from achieving the baby - friendly
status.
«The question is, if
academy status is so good for the school, why does the Secretary of State need to withhold the names of those who have been successful, effectively encouraging them to skulk in the shadows keeping vital information
from those who will be directly affected by the change?
details of any advice received
from the local authority or the DfE on the acquisition of
academy status by the school;.
He said due to the school's
academy status, the council had «no powers to intervene» but had committed to working with the government to establish «new sixth form provision
from September 2017».
A new report
from the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies global health priorities in light of current and emerging challenges and makes 14 recommendations for the U.S. government and other stakeholders to address these challenges, while maintaining U.S.
status as a world leader in global health.
«Our ambition remains that all schools should benefit
from the freedom and autonomy that
academy status brings.
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.
Teachers, leaders, governors and bursars,
from schools,
academies and MAT all left the show with more understanding of the possibilities that
academy status can achieve.
It is clear
from those conversations that the impact
academies have in transforming young people's life chances is widely accepted and that more and more schools are keen to embrace
academy status.
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.
Studying the association between
academy status for primary and secondary schools and their pupils» attainment in the Key Stage 2 tests and GCSE exams
from last year, NFER claims that there is no significant difference between the performance of primary
academies and maintained schools.
Funding Source: California Partnership
Academies Amount: $ 89,871,000 (one - third
from the district, one - third
from industry, and one - third
from the state *) Number of Programs: 478 Number of Students: 60,000
Status: Prop 98 ongoing; SB 70 and AB 519 sunset in 2011 - 12
To gain further advice on how to convert to an
academy you can visit the Department for Education website, www.education.gov.uk, which has a wide range of resources
from frequently asked questions to guides on how to apply for
academy status.
As part of the newly formed Isle Education Trust, the step to becoming an
academy was a natural progression for South Axholme Academy, which had already previously converted from state maintained to trust
academy was a natural progression for South Axholme
Academy, which had already previously converted from state maintained to trust
Academy, which had already previously converted
from state maintained to trust
status.
Freedom
from LA control One of the clearest summaries of the benefits of
academy status came
from the
Academies Commission, which was set up by the Royal Society of Arts and the Pearson Think Tank, to examine the long ‑ term effects converting to
academy status.
Challenges However, coming
from the local authority sector it can take time to realise the full potential of
academy status.
ADDING A SIXTH FORM CENTRE In 2011, Wymondham High in Norfolk, which now has
Academy status, benefited
from a dedicated sixth form centre developed using a highly sustainable recycled modular building.
The burgeoning growth in the number of schools converting to
academy status will mean that a large number of new individuals —
from business and
from the community at large — will be drawn into these schools» governing bodies.
Although grant - maintained
status was abolished in 1998 many schools retained that financial control over their finances, and in the year 2000 schools were once again able to obtain funding directly
from government through Labour Government introduced
Academies.
She officially dropped the plans in a written statement to parliament, which read: «Our ambition remains that all schools should benefit
from the freedom and autonomy that
academy status brings.
The principal advantages to school leaders of
academy status are that they are exempt
from the national curriculum and the national pay regulations for teachers.
Over the past year, 1,120 schools converted to
academy status and the number of multi-
academy trusts registered to take over schools increased
from 800 to around 1,000.
Equitas
Academy Charter Schools is committed to existing laws that protect families» and students» records
from questions about immigration
status.
Based on recommendations
from the local governing body NET will formulate a «consultation strategy» to ensure that the reasons for the conversion to
academy status and its implications are communicated effectively to all.
(1) «The «area reviews» process is forcing some sixth form colleges to merge with other colleges, while others are moving to
academy status simply to secure the same exemption
from VAT that schools enjoy automatically.
If you're a school converting to
academy status, ask your solicitor or legal adviser to use the document on this page to record the contracts and staff transferring
from the school to the
academy.
Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said of the plans for schools: «Labour supports having the option of converting coasting schools to
academy status and the devolution of school improvement decisions away
from Whitehall.
Even if
academy status is not compulsory, the proposals presumed a big expansion in
academy chains - and there are questions, not least
from Ofsted, about the need for more rapid intervention for
academy chains that are underperforming.
Outlines routes to a new employer — a transfer to
academy status, a transfer
from a single
academy to a multi-
academy trust, a transfer to a new multi-
academy trust and a note about free schools.
By opting for
academy status, one of Michael Gove's flagship policies, schools at the centre of these allegations have broadly removed themselves
from council control.
Also in 2012, the UIC - trained principal of Multicultural
Academy of Scholarship (MAS) led it
from probationary
status to Level 2 Good Standing.
Of today's
academies, 6,996 schools converted to
academy status from maintained schools, while 476 were set up as free schools.
The numbers of Mats almost trebled
from 391 in 2011 to 1,121 in 2016, and the government envisages that most schools will have converted to
academy status and joined a Mat within five or six years, says the report.
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.
Our goal is that every graduate of Summit
Academy Charter School, regardless of prior academic achievement levels or socioeconomic
status, will go to, succeed in, and graduate
from college.
Each was bolstered by attaching its claims to higher
status fields, particularly business, but also the Defense Department, and leading management ideas
from the
academy and industry.
deciding on applications
from local - authority - maintained schools to convert to
academy status
Schools converting to
academy status receive a # 25,000 grant towards legal expenses and other costs, but PRUs working
from more than 1 site may need more legal support to get through the process.
Therefore, he pledged to «set schools free»
from local bureaucracy, so by 2020 all schools must have converted or be in the process of converting to
academy status.
In September 2013 the school
status changed
from C of E Primary School to C of E Primary
Academy.
St Christopher's Multi
Academy Trust welcomes contact from individual Church schools or groups of Church schools considering conversion to academy
Academy Trust welcomes contact
from individual Church schools or groups of Church schools considering conversion to
academy academy status.
«The various announcements and mixed messages coming
from Michael Gove about who can and can not apply for
academy status is both bewildering and of great concern,» she said.
By taking
academy status, schools will receive their funding directly
from central government and will have greater autonomy over how they are run.
«Michael Gove's sudden doubts about the validity of outstanding ratings are disturbing given the speed with which the government has rushed to exempt outstanding schools
from inspection and grant them
Academy status.»
A spokesman for the Department for Education said: «This policy will free up
academies to employ professionals - like scientists, engineers, musicians, university professors, and experienced teachers and heads
from overseas and the independent sector - who may be extremely well - qualified and are excellent teachers, but do not have QTS
status.»
As Linda Nochlin famously pointed out in 1971, for centuries women were excluded
from even attending the
academies, never able to learn the skill - sets and tools of painting, and were persona non grata among those who defined the
status quo and controlled the flow of ideas and capital.
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Academy Museum of Art, New York, USA Piece by Piece: Building a Collection, Selections
from the Christy & Bill Gautreaux Collection, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas, USA
Status Quo, The School, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, USA Breath / Breadth: Contemporary American Black Male Identity, Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College, Lynchburg, USA To Be Young, Gifted, and Black, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
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