It also marks a seemingly new approach from the government, which turned down a freedom of information request in 2014 for
the grades of academy trusts.
Not exact matches
The news comes after a report by the Centre for High Performance found that some
academy trusts exclude pupils to improve the overall performance
of the school's
grade statistics.
It is now ranked in the top 10 per cent with 84 per cent
of pupils gaining five or more A * to C
grades, including English and maths, and Sir Michael's
trust now heads fifteen
academies across the region.
The Department for Education currently «
grade»
academy sponsors but have refused to release information about the
grade levels, or how they are decided, even to leaders
of academy trusts.
Schools do indeed change Ofsted categories and it might be as a result
of factors completely outside the control
of the operator, be it LA or
academy trust — however you only have to look at the trove
of SchoolsWeek stories about how an
academy has dropped a
grade or two to see all the comments about how this shows the
academy programme is to blame.
The Perry Beeches III, part
of the Perry Beeches
Academy Trust, received the lowest inspection
grade for the quality
of teaching, leadership and management, and pupil achievement.