Sentences with phrase «local authority schools because»

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Local authorities may have between 6 and 600 + home educated children «on their books», i.e. children who are known to the authority, usually because they have been taken out of school.

This is because this type of institution is by definition a school set up to discharge a local authority's duties under section 19 (1) of the Education Act 1996 in relation to children of compulsory school age.

The local authorities have no say in this, and the department for education has no sanction for those new schools, set up apparently because of high demand, that end up with many unfilled places.

Three PFI schools have been forced to close because of low pupil numbers, but local authorities are still financially tied to the private financiers.

Choice of the Oratory was criticised because the school had opted out of local authority control; choice of St Olave's was criticised because admission was selective.

Its School Construction Authority is the rare local entity that has soup - to - nuts responsibility for financing, building, and overseeing public schools, largely because it is now controlled directly by the mayor.

He said: «My concern is that the change will lead to a poorer education system operating across Kent, and more broadly England, because the value that local authorities generally provide to schools will be removed.»

Creating a building with such thought out heating processes from the outset means the school could be produced with a local authority budget but will continue to conserve energy and money because of its performance capabilities.

«Where schools are failing, it is not because they are local authority schools, or academies.

Because all «academies» are, in principle, accountable to the secretary of state for education rather than to local authorities, Gove was ultimately responsible for the decisions that led to this situation, which has been carefully documented by inspectors from Ofsted, England's independent school - reviewing body.

The Gipsy Hill Federation is a group of nine local authority primary schools and, because the schools are overseen by Lambeth Council, Tunstall's salary was revealed as part of audit of the Council's accounts being carried out by «The People's Audit» campaign, in which ourcity.london took part.

She said: «As a school, we decided a couple of years ago to commission an outside agency to work alongside us, because the local authority could only offer us a limited amount of hours per term,» says Natalie.

«However, the need for action in those limited circumstances is clear, because of the considerable risk to the standard of education that young people in those schools receive, as the local authority is either unable to guarantee their continued success or support further improvement.»

David Simmonds, head of the Children's Board at the Local Government Association said that phasing the school building announcements could be difficult - because authorities and head teachers needed to plan, and because the demand is high and urgent.

Morgan said in parliament this week because of the «pace of academisation in some areas, it will become increasingly difficult for local authorities to offer schools the necessary support».

When it is clear a local authority can no longer viably support its remaining schools because a critical mass of schools has converted.

She said the need for action in the «limited circumstances» is clear because of the «considerable risk to the standard of education that young people in those schools receive, as the local authority is either unable to guarantee their continued success or support further improvement».

But academies have «no real voice» to combat their employer contribution rate because it is calculated by their local pension fund authority according to the average age of staff and value of investments across all of its schools, Hamilton said.

The Sats data released by the Department for Education in August could not give a reliable figure for attainment in 20 local authorities, because so many schools in those areas had taken part in the boycott.

Other parents have been unable to make sure they have a local school, because local authorities have closed down local schools or refused permission for a new one.

Sponsored academies are schools that have been «taken over» because they were not deemed to be doing well enough under local education authority influence.

And local authorities withdrew 284 offers of school places because of fraud, up from 186 the previous year.

Because as a result of the local authority's failure to deal with educational underperformance, children continue to go to a poor school.»

«We want as many schools as possible to take advantage of the significant benefits academy status brings because it means more schools run by great heads and teachers, not local authority or Whitehall bureaucrats, and more children getting a first - class education.

If a free school was set up because of a places shortage identified by the local authority, this recoupment started from the first year.

Kathy Riedlinger, chief executive of the Lusher Charter School — which is under local board authority — said the campus doesn't participate in the lottery because the centralized admissions system usurps school autSchool — which is under local board authority — said the campus doesn't participate in the lottery because the centralized admissions system usurps school autschool autonomy.

Hammersmith and Fulham Council in west London says its new primary free school - Ark Conway - came about because of a three - way partnership between the local authority, the Ark academy chain and parents.

Firstly the ludicrous assertion by the head of the NASUWT that no school should be making redundancies because there's a huge unspent budget balance across all local authority maintained schools.

The new legislation, introduced by Republican Sen. Mark Wyland of Escondido but likely to enjoy the support of many Democrats, could signal a showdown with Gov. Jerry Brown, who vetoed similar legislation last year because it infringed on a key premise of his Local Control Funding Formula — allowing local educational agencies the bulk of authority over school spending decisLocal Control Funding Formula — allowing local educational agencies the bulk of authority over school spending decislocal educational agencies the bulk of authority over school spending decisions.

«Many MATs face financial challenges because they don't have the same level of economies of scale as local authority - run schools.

David Simmonds, representing the Local Government Association, cautioned that local authorities had diminishing amounts of direct control over schools - because of central government directives and targets and the shift towards acadeLocal Government Association, cautioned that local authorities had diminishing amounts of direct control over schools - because of central government directives and targets and the shift towards acadelocal authorities had diminishing amounts of direct control over schools - because of central government directives and targets and the shift towards academies.

• Where it is clear that the local authority can no longer viably support its remaining schools because too many schools have already become academies.

In some cases, in 2015/16 the amount of funding which local authorities will get through the DSG will be increased (because of Fairer Schools Funding changes — I'll explain these next week but the map (below) gives a preview).

«We think that local authorities are best placed to decide how to allocate school funding because they have the expertise, know their schools best and are accountable to parents.»

Local school authorities determine whether SD / ELL students require accommodations or should be excluded because they can not be assessed.

He told the BBC: «My concern is that the change will lead to a poorer education system operating across Kent, and more broadly England, because the value that local authorities generally provide to schools will be removed.»

The consultation also shows that local authorities were concerned about their ability to meet the target because maintained schools have control over their own budget and recruitment.

There have even been academies which have improved without transfer because of local authority help (eg Batley Grammar School).

firstly, where it is clear that the local authority can no longer viably support its remaining schools because a critical mass of schools in that area has converted.

Most people agree the current school funding system is unfair, especially those who see other schools, with a similar profile to theirs, getting more money simply because of historic decisions by the local authority they are in.

This was because the Local Authorities worked with schools to introduce a simple but compulsory registration system for all school meals.

Schools will also receive # 1,900 for each pupil who has left local authority care because of one of the following:

Opponents of the policy argue they are less accountable than other state schools, because they are not overseen by the elected local authority leaders.

The case will therefore be of interest not only because it is the first example of a successful damages claim based on A2P1 in this jurisdiction, but also because of its implications for local authority's duties towards homeless children of compulsory school age, including those that they elect to accommodate in a different local authority district.

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