Sentences with phrase «many schools and academies»

Out of a charitable school and academy in Pennsylvania, 1755, there emerged the University of Pennsylvania.

Colin Hart, chief executive of the institute, accused the government overreacting, on Premier's «News Hour», he said: «You may or may not agree with it, but one thing you can't do is sue the school over the way in which history is taught or maths is taught or whatever subject there is, because the law excludes discrimination from the content of the curriculum, but that's to change for independent schools, free schools and academies»

Where schools and Academies are not offering Religious Studies, GCSE pupils are being denied the opportunity to study an important and valuable subject, and there are serious concerns that the school is struggling to meet its legal obligations.

On 12 September 2013, Ofsted released new subsidiary guidance supporting the inspection of maintained schools and academies.

Post-16 high needs students in mainstream schools and academies, FE institutions, CCPs and SPIs are funded on the basis of elements 1 and 2.

Local authorities» should have a formula or other method, based on their experience of distributing additional funding to their schools and academies.

Information on post-16 students at mainstream schools and academies is available at section 7.7.

High needs places for post-16 students in mainstream maintained schools and academies, including those in SEN Units, will be funded through the sixth - form grant for elements 1 and 2.

Food served in some schools and academies in England must meet the school food standards so that children have healthy, balanced diets.

Local authorities must ensure schools and academies have sufficient funding in their delegated budget to enable them to support pupils» special educational needs (SEN) where required up to the mandatory cost threshold of # 6,000 per pupil.

Within Brighton & Hove, I also manage the free school meal eligibility checking service on behalf of all of our schools, colleges, free schools and academies, so I am well placed to collect information that will be relevant to both the caterer and our schools.

«The NASUWT warned that the ability of free schools and academies to police their own admissions would create opportunities for selection to flourish, and it is clear from this report that this is exactly what is happening.

Liberal Democrat activists have defeated their leadership over coalition plans for free schools and academies.

So far, Corbyn's team has given mixed messages on free schools and Academies.

It comes after reports that right - wing think tank Civitas has urged the Government to create a new body to inspect free schools and academies.

This is potentially at odds with Mr Gove's previous statement that «I do not believe that the Government's policy of promoting autonomy, encouraging schools to convert to Academy status and establishing new Free Schools and Academies will alter the balance between faith and non-faith schools in this country.»

Universal credit must be landed successfully, more free schools and academies must be opened, superfast broadband plumbed in and other infrastructure projects begun, if not completed.

Speaking to the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust conference, the prime minister accepted that «sometimes the pace of reform has been hard, even confusing».

Tony Blair's personal fundraiser Lord Levy, Des Smith, a head teacher and member of the specialist schools and academies trust, and businessman Sir Christopher Evans who lent Labour # 1 million before the last election, were arrested by the police as part of the cross-party probe.

«Look at the free schools and academies that are bringing in diverse providers to create more excellent school places and getting some of the best results at GCSE.

The celebration will feature cultural presentations including the Lion Dance, Kung Fu and Tai Chi Martial Arts, Qi Pao Traditional Gown Show, singing and dancing from local schools and academy schools, and civic and community information booths.

Schools minister Sarah Teather, whose amendment to a motion damning the coalition's plans for free schools and academies was defeated by delegates this lunchtime, is the first victim of this process.

Somehow, this has been institutionalised; one agenda point on free schools and academies sees the «concerned» Lib Dem conference proposing to disagree with the coalition government.

«I am not a supporter of the principle of free schools and academies, and I would want to bring them all back into the local authority orbit.

Free schools and academies, however, are not required to teach any SRE or Personal, Social, Health, and Economic Education (PSHE) at all.

The education secretary's statement recognises plans for major reform to funding for schools and academies has already provoked anxiety and uncertainty

It will also require the DfE to relinquish its stranglehold on control of the opening new free schools and academies.

With the rise of free and faith schools and the academies in the UK, measures need to be put in place to safeguard science classes.

With government funding constraints and rising staff costs, school and academy finance directors have their work cut out for them in ensuring their budget isn't spread too thinly.

Howard Jackson, head of Education and founder of HCSS Education, a leading education finance specialist, discusses steps that those planning the budget in schools and academies can take to identify areas where substantial savings can be made.

PrimarySite, the UK's leading provider of websites for primary schools and academies, has extended its digital communications portfolio with the addition of a media sharing channel for schools.

A report titled Below the Radar: Low - level Disruption in the Country's Classrooms discusses the issue as it affects 95 state schools and academies inspected between January and July this year, and includes data from a YouGov survey of teachers and parents.

The Church of England is already the largest single provider of schools and academies in England, educating about a million pupils in 4,700 schools.

Towergate is the longest standing provider of staff absence insurance to schools and academies, providing cover for teachers and support staff who are unable to work due to sickness, accident, jury service or disciplinary suspension.

The Local Government Association (LGA) says that the money should be used to maintain improvement capacity within the schools system, which will be beneficial to both council - maintained schools and academies.

Encourage networking The Independent Academies Association (IAA) and the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) have joined forces to work with IAAS (Independent Academies Assured Services) to develop a Quality Mark for services and to encourage networking of schools and academies to share and build good and effective practice.

He said: «Free schools and academies are already more accountable than maintained schools.

The potential for school - to - school and academy - to - academy «trading» is enormous and Richardson believes the market has the scope to grow very rapidly.

Believing that all schools and academies in the country should have a reference point to assess their operational effectiveness, NASBM is encouraging practitioners to use the standards to assess their individual practice and to inform future CPD and career progression plans.

Over the past year, Education Secretary Justine Greening has suggested discussions about reforming SRE guidance, which currently allows free schools and academies to opt out of teaching the subject in class.

Having appropriately trained, skilled and experienced professionals is essential if schools and academies are to continue to thrive in this new education landscape.»

Many local authorities are just as happy now to provide capital grant to schools and academies to deliver additional school places and the EFA is currently trialling local delivery of the Priority School Building Programme (which they had previously delivered centrally) with funding allocated to local authorities, dioceses and larger multi-academy trusts.

This provides an ongoing income stream to help fund the Havering service and to keep the costs at a reasonable level for schools and academies.

Good financial management and strong governance are cornerstones for protection against fraud and corruption within schools and academies, so it's essential to get it right.

School and academy leaders from across the country spent a day at the show to gain new perspectives and insight from their peers.

Laveer Legal (stand K88) is an employment law specialist firm that supports schools and academies with HR and employment law matters.

IAAS can guide a school through the requirements to trade with other schools and academies at minimal risk.

However, for most local authority schools and academies, this is a resource they do not have.

Strategy To bring together all the various facets of technology deployment, schools and academies are well advised to have in place a bespoke ICT Strategic Plan and associated policies (including one on procurement), overseen and driven by a steering group that includes representation from teaching and associate staff at all levels of seniority, with input from parents and governors.

It also encourages employers to use them to support performance management and training activities and urges schools and academies to use them to assess operational capacity and competency.