Director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute John Hattie has warned that some of the UK government's key education policies, such as performance related pay for teachers and
increased academy conversion, are a «distraction» that will only have a «minimal» impact on student's learning.
Not exact matches
The question of whether a school is in deficit has become more prominent with the
increase in
academy conversions, since DfE had to decide what happened to balances in different situations.
Despite the setback, the DfE said it expected the rate of
academy conversions to
increase, bolstered by the Education and Adoption Act that came into force in March, giving the department extra powers to intervene in «coasting» schools and have them taken over by
academy sponsors.