Sentences with phrase «head teachers the freedom»

Extra flexibility was introduced by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan in September 2015 which allowed head teachers the freedom to give larger pay rises to the best or most experienced teaching staff.

This additional flexibility will help schools improve faster, and give head teachers the freedom to hire the person best suited to their school.»

«This is why we are not only tackling excessive teacher workload but have also given head teachers the freedom to pay good teachers more, meaning the best teachers can access greater rewards earlier in their careers.»

Not exact matches

If you speak to heads, teachers and cooks about the school meals they provide, they want to be given a little bit more freedom to make their own choices.

The three teaching unions also wrote a joint letter to the chairs of governing bodies and to head teachers, expressing their common belief that «academy status would bring neither you nor your school greater freedom, nor reduced bureaucracy, nor any long - term financial advantages.»

It's exactly what we did in education — with academies, free schools and new freedoms for heads and teachers.

Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), says that the new freedoms didn't come with additional funding, meaning that most schools do not have the money to offer the larger pay rises.

«If you speak to heads, teachers and cooks about the school meals they provide, they want to be given a little bit more freedom to make their own choices.

• The Local Government Pension Scheme may be in deficit and a school's share of this deficit is passed over and will be required to be repaid • Owning the buildings and lands — bringing both freedoms and legal liabilities • The governing body will need to be reviewed and new additions potentially appointed with one third being members of staff including the head teacher.

They claim smaller, less viable schools could be put at risk of closure but ministers argue academies will give head teachers more freedom.

The loudest applause was for the head teacher who told her being forced to change wasn't the kind of freedom they needed.

Head of the National Association of Head Teachers Russell Hobby said schools could always use greater freedoms, but that the system of accountability dominated the way any freedoms were used.

She said politicians and bureaucrats had been taken out of the classrooms, with 3,000 head teachers in good and outstanding schools trusted with the freedom to run those schools.

«That's why I'm delighted to approve a pay deal today which gives heads the freedom to offer their best and most experienced teachers a two per cent pay rise, something that is only possible because we trust heads and governors to decide how to reward their staff.»