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.
The leader of an academy trust under investigation by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) has launched a scathing attack on the government's financial management.
Not exact matches
With informed and practical advice on how to work within an
academy to achieve a world - class level
of education, this is a must - attend session for all
academy and multi
academy trust (MAT)
leaders and teachers.
Another motivational session was delivered by Rob Tarn, the regional chief executive and national
leader of education at the high - performing Outwood Grange
Academy Trust.
She added that: «I've been particularly grateful to the support
of organisations like the CBI and especially its president, Mike Rake, for lending their support to the
Academy Ambassadors programme - a programme which has helped introduce over 60 exceptional business
leaders to the boards
of multi-
academy trusts over the last two years.
Exhibitors at the Conference included Amadeus; Langley Waterproofing Systems; BlueSky; PS Financials, who discussed «Exploiting the opportunity for change within the Finance Function, when creating or growing a Multi
Academy Trust»; Civica with their Resource Financials; Capita SIMS; Bodet; and the Association
of School and College
Leaders.
In addition, Rob Tarn, the regional chief executive and national
leader of education at Outwood Grange
Academies Trust, will be sharing advice on «implementing effective measures to transform schools and improve learning outcomes».
Police reviewed information relating to the collapsed
academy trust after the
leader of Wakefield Council called for an investigation into WCAT's finances.
Peter Box, the Labour
leader of Wakefield Council, contacted the police over concerns that the
academy trust had engaged in «asset - stripping»
of its schools, after it emerged that it had transferred money from some
of its individual
academies to its central accounts.
Chris Brislen is chief executive officer
of St Bart's Multi-Academy
Trust and as a National
Leader of Education (NLE) he has led several
academies to an improved future.
New research by the Sutton
Trust shows that nearly half
of academy leaders in England believe autonomy associated with their status has either had «no effect or a negative impact» in the classroom.
He was the Midlands Regional Director for Future
Leaders and serves on two Multi
Academy Trusts as a Director and is a Governor
of an
Academy and Community School in Coventry.
In his interview, Sir David revealed plans to create four tiers
of academy chains, ranging from starter
trusts made up
of five or fewer
academies to «system
leaders»: large chains with 30 or more schools under their umbrellas (see last page).
The national schools commissioner, who told ASCL delegates that the growth
of the
academies programme would need to be managed, outlined proposals for a four - tier hierarchy
of trusts ranging from those with up to five schools to «system
leaders» with 30 or more.
Almost half
of academy leaders believe that the extra autonomy granted to
academies has no positive impact in the classroom, according to new analysis by the Sutton
Trust.
School
leaders have expressed concerns about the cost and administrative implications
of the target, which was introduced last April and covers all schools or
academy trusts with 250 or more employees.
At the launch
of the Teaching
Leaders annual report on Tuesday, Sir David Carter revealed several ambitions for his time as national commissioner, which began in February, including recruiting «
academy ambassadors» who will work unpaid for three days each year supporting
trusts, and encouraging «peer review» across school clusters.
Indianapolis — The Mind
Trust has selected its first ever class
of Indianapolis school
leaders for the National Principals and Principal Supervisors
Academy Fellowship, a partnership with the Relay Graduate School
of Education to help local school
leaders excel as educators and managers.
a professional network
of similar minded school
leaders, working as part
of the wider NET
Academies Trust;
This will enable us to continue to grow teaching school alliances, continue to grow national
leaders of education and continue to support and develop existing and new high quality multi
academy trusts.
A
trust that is winding up also has no incentive to keep to agreed expenditure, and the quality
of information it provides about HR, commercial contracts and financial balances «can not be assumed to be 100 per cent accurate», one
academy trust leader said.
Indianapolis --(May 8, 2018)-- The Mind
Trust, an Indianapolis - based education nonprofit, has announced its second cohort
of Indianapolis school
leaders who will attend Relay Graduate School
of Education's National Principals
Academy Fellowship.
When an
academy trust or local authority pays a school
leader a significant sum using funding that is owned by society as a whole, and justifies this with the use
of the business term
of «market rate», have we lost a little something
of what makes the education sector?
Academy trust leaders have told Schools Week
of their concern that decisions are being taken on advice from groups unaware
of best practices
Academy trust leaders have told Schools Week
of their concern that decisions are being taken on advice from groups unaware
of best practices in post-16 or SEND education, and who may have a conflict
of interest if their own schools were affected by the new provision.
Based on more than 70 interviews with headteachers and
academy trust chief executives, as well as a «supply projection» based on the latest pupil and workforce data, it predicts a future shortage
of between 14,000 to 19,000
leaders sparked by increasing pupil numbers, retirements, and school
leaders leaving the profession early.
Julie Slater is Chief Executive
of Outwood Institute
of Education (OIE), Executive Principal for Outwood Grange
Academies Trust, and a National
Leader of Education.
He is a trustee
of Teach First and on the boards
of Future
Leaders and the Specialist Schools and
Academies Trust.
Ofsted said the
trust had not done enough to identify the «weaknesses and needs»
of its
academies, and criticised
leaders for failing to identify underperformance quickly enough.
The post will see Hywel working with
academy principals and the
Trust's senior
leaders to ensure continued improvement at the schools and the implementation
of a broad knowledge - rich curriculum that goes beyond «teaching to the test».
The
trust will initially comprise
of three
Academies - Brambles Primary
Academy, Dormanstown Primary
Academy and Pennyman Primary
Academy — and is led by two inspirational National
Leaders of Education (NLEs) with «Outstanding» experience in school leadership.
The Mind
Trust, an Indianapolis - based education nonprofit, has announced its second cohort
of Indianapolis school
leaders who will attend Relay Graduate School
of Education's National Principals
Academy Fellowship.