Sentences with phrase «into academisation»

He believes that heads who have come forward to the NAHT to complain about overbearing tactics to force them into academisation are «only the tip of the iceberg» and that many schools are too cowed by the pressures to become academies to complain about them.

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.

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In the early years of academisation — under both Labour and coalition governments — the academy chains that ran into trouble were those that expanded too fast, taking on too many schools.

However, its plans for increased academisation have faced opposition from teaching unions, who warn there is no solid proof that turning schools into academies will help to improve standards.

This annual report on education standards, presented by Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw, said that «undoubtedly, academisation injected more vigour and competition into the system».

Plans in the document to turn every state school in England into an academy by 2022 have come under fire from teaching unions and parents» groups, with ongoing protests against forced academisation planned across the country.