Sentences with phrase «more academy conversion»

She's ignoring all evidence and advice about academies to push forward even more academy conversion (and eliminate any opposition).

Not exact matches

Since our conversion to Academy status in September 2015 we still promote the same key findings of past inspections, none more so than those commented on in our

Since our conversion to Academy status in September 2015 we still promote the same key findings of past inspections, none more so than those commented on in our March 2010 Report when the lead inspector of the time summarised with the following comment;

MPs have also called for more information to be produced detailing exactly what can be expected during the academy conversion process.

Though England is voucher - averse, its charter - like sector is burgeoning, with more than half of all secondary schools now functioning as «academies» (we would say «conversion charters»), having successfully petitioned Whitehall to extricate them from district control.

In particular, both the forced academisation of schools in areas considered to be «unviable», and the removal of the council role in school improvement, went against evidence that council - maintained schools perform more highly than academies and free schools in Ofsted inspections, and that conversion to academies did not in itself lead to better results.

The NAO found informal interventions such as local support were more effective than former interventions such as academy conversion in improving schools.

Schools supporting other schools was found to be more effective than academy conversion, the NAO found.

In January 2016 Schools Week reported that Staffordshire County Council was introducing a levy of # 6,000 on schools that convert to become academies, and a year later in January 2017 we revealed that Schools in Norfolk had paid more than # 500,000 in «conversion costs» to their local authority.

That conversion process began soon after the general election, and figures out earlier this week showed that since this time last year, more than 1,000 schools have switched to become academies.

Converter academies — those rated good or outstanding by Ofsted at the time of conversion to academy status — have more pupils achieving Level 4/5 and above than LA schools.

«In particular, both the forced academisation of schools in areas considered to be «unviable», and the removal of the council role in school improvement, went against evidence that council - maintained schools perform more highly than academies and free schools in Ofsted inspections, and that conversion to academies did not in itself lead to better results,» said Richard Watts, chairman of the LGA's Children and Young People Board.

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.

One big spanner in this «musical chair» dance — local support has been found to be more effective than academy conversion.

By focusing our efforts on those schools most at risk of failing young people, and encouraging «good» and «outstanding» schools to seize the opportunities of conversion, we will ensure the continued growth of the academy programme, empowering frontline heads and school leads, and transforming even more children's education.

You have then extrapolated that to make a generic statement — what I think would be correct is to say that «local support has been found to be more effective than academy conversion IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES».

Schools in Norfolk have paid more than # 500,000 in «conversion costs» to their local authority to become academies, Schools Week can reveal.