Sentences with phrase «more academy trusts»

The timetable: If thousands of schools, many of them primary schools, are put under a deadline to become academies, there will need to be hundreds more academy trusts to accommodate them.

The government has written to more academy trusts asking them to justify the large salaries they pay their employees.

Not exact matches

The Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science found that when someone feels like another person is listening intently, he or she becomes more invested in the relationship and trusts even more.

Chelsea may want to look at the success of Christensen as a reminder that it can pay to trust academy players more, and fans would dearly love to see another John Terry come through after his immense contribution to the club's modern history.

According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, children raised with pets have stronger self - esteem and self - confidence, have more trusting relationships with others, and show more compassion, respect, and empathy.

But more important is the question of trust and how that is compromised by the academy's acceptance of funding from the dairy industry.

It also featured promises of more education reforms, with the «best headteachers» working in more than one school as trusts, academies and federations are expanded.

The government insists that in giving NHS trusts and schools more freedom to govern their affairs, as in the case of foundation hospitals and city academies, they are reducing Whitehall control and increasing participation of service users and local people.

Hourglass Education recruitment agency recently recruited 43 Jamaican teachers for an academy trust in Hayes, west London, in one trip to the country, with a potential 21 more to follow.

With this in mind and whatever the governance structure in place (single converter or a more complex multi academy trust model), it is essential that governing body members understand their role in ensuring that risk and risk management is taken seriously and is part of their accountability to parents, the wider public and other stakeholders.

«Whether by founding or developing academy trusts, joining governing bodies to provide oversight and encouragement, or providing careers advice and mentoring, I am today calling for more business leaders to play their part and join the schools revolution.»

An academy trust that is responsible for more than one academy is called a multi ‑ academy trust (MAT).

Whilst this might not have been an issue for schools becoming academies on their own (as a single academy trust) this is becoming more of an issue for multi ‑ academy trusts and particularly for sponsored academies who may be reluctant to inherit either crumbling buildings or new buildings commissioned by a local authorities without a full set of warranties.

He calls on northern local authorities to do more to support academy programmes and «facilitate the growth of strong and effective multi academy trusts» because «it is in the interests of local children and young people to do so».

The School Food Trust wrote to more than 1,500 existing academies in January 2012, asking them to indicate whether or not they were committed to following the national school food standards.

According to The Sutton Trust, over the last year, the government has been more willing to move underperforming academies from their chains and Regional Schools Commissioners have been actively re-brokering academies.

«It is a real shame that outdoor education opportunities have decreased for many young people but we are proud to be one of the leading providers of outdoor education in the country, and given the positive impact of such opportunities on children and young people, we are keen to work with other schools, academy trusts and education providers to ensure that more students have access to outdoor learning.»

A survey commissioned by academy trust Bohunt Education Trust (BET) has found that only 10 per cent of people believe that children today have more outdoor education opportunities than they had in their school years, with nearly three ‑ quarters of people (71 per cent) blaming cost as the biggest factor stopping children experiencing outdoor educatrust Bohunt Education Trust (BET) has found that only 10 per cent of people believe that children today have more outdoor education opportunities than they had in their school years, with nearly three ‑ quarters of people (71 per cent) blaming cost as the biggest factor stopping children experiencing outdoor educaTrust (BET) has found that only 10 per cent of people believe that children today have more outdoor education opportunities than they had in their school years, with nearly three ‑ quarters of people (71 per cent) blaming cost as the biggest factor stopping children experiencing outdoor education.

The West London Free School in Hammersmith proved so popular that Young went on to open three more as part of the West London Free School Academies Trust.

A trust spokesperson added that «further discussions» are under way with the DfE concerning a «small number of other AET academies, yet to be confirmed», meaning more of its schools could also be rebrokered to other academy trusts.

Christine has a wealth of experience having previously served as a headteacher and more recently in her capacity as both Executive Principal and CEO of Ninestiles Academy trust.

Schools are taking on markedly more autonomy under the academies programme, multi-academy trusts (MATs) are springing up around the country, and all the talk is now of a «self - improving and school - led system».

For any small school the challenges that come with more regulation are impractical to undertake as a single entity; they will be much better placed to join a Multi Academy Trust and share in the central support functions they can supply.

In the latest of a string of letters sent to trusts, the chairs of academies paying two or more salaries between # 100,000 and # 150,000 in 2015 - 16 have been contacted.

Those governing academies are a little bit more positive, but really not that much: 70 per cent of trustees of multi academy trusts (MATs) are negative about government policy.

Whether we like it or not, it appears that more and more schools will become «married» as part of a Multi Academy Trust in the years ahead; leaving behind their relative independence (and the varying quality of parenting provided by different Local Authorities) in order to enter into an often polygamous lifelong partnership with other schools.

The extent of the deficits was revealed by BBC 5 Live Investigates and Meg Hillier, chairwoman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, has said that the numbers raise «serious concerns about the accountability» of academy trusts, which currently run more than half of England's secondary schools.

This lack of prescription gives academy trusts much more autonomy in what information they maintain and, particularly for smaller Trusts, is potentially more appropriate to their trusts much more autonomy in what information they maintain and, particularly for smaller Trusts, is potentially more appropriate to their Trusts, is potentially more appropriate to their needs.

Birmingham academy Perry Beeches Trust has been instructed to pay back more than # 100,000 in government funding.

Delta Academies Trust, formerly the School Partnership Trust Academies, lost more than 100 staff last year and removed a number of creative subjects from its curriculum to prioritise the more academic subjects found in the EBacc.

Another proposal was for more mixed - faith trusts, in which, for example, Muslim, Christian and Sikh academies all worked together under one trust.

More than 30 teaching posts are reportedly under threat across schools sponsored by the University of Chester Academy Trust (UCAT).

Dr Jo Saxton, the trust's current chief executive, said in a statement: «We are delighted that Paul Smith is joining Future Academies; he's committed to our trust's values of knowledge, aspiration and respect, and will work to help us to continue to improve the education and life chances of even more children.

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.

The department for education spent more than # 3 million to transfer 23 academies to new trusts — with the rebrokering of one school costing more than # 500,000.

It is now ranked in the top 10 per cent with 84 per cent of pupils gaining five or more A * to C grades, including English and maths, and Sir Michael's trust now heads fifteen academies across the region.

The trust says the growth is because more schools are becoming academies - state - funded but independent schools that can set their own admission rules.

The Academies Enterprise Trust which runs about 70 of these state - funded schools, was warned in March last year that it could not take over any more schools.

Conor Ryan, from the Sutton Trust, said: «It is encouraging that more schools and academies are using banding and ballots as a way to get a more balanced intake.

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.

The report said that while large trusts did tend to have a higher number of sponsored academies and so might need to «act more quickly» to remove a head, this didn't explain all the difference.

Even after accounting for sponsored academies, more heads left MATs with between six and 30 schools than in single academy trusts.

Several more trusts were also told this year by Ofsted that they had expanded too quickly, and that supersizing had led to poor performance among schools, including the Northern Education Trust, which took on nine «untouchable» schools, to create a stable of 18 academies.

The government stopped judging regional commissioners on how many schools in their regions were in need of an academy trust after figures revealed far more sponsors were needed...

But 23 trusts breached those rules, including Bright Tribe and the Adventure Learning Academy Trust, both set up by the venture capitalist Michael Dwan, and both of which made non-compliant payments of more than # 2.3 million to companies connected to him and his family.

This was the year when one of the multi-academy trusts, E-Act, took the step of renaming its local governing bodies (LGBs) somewhat more honestly, as «academy ambassadorial advisory groups.

The government has lifted a financial notice to improve placed on the beleaguered E-ACT Academy Trust more than two years ago.

But they saved more when they belonged to a single academy trust, at # 1,183 per pupil compared to # 1,255 in a MAT — a saving of # 72.

Slater had also set out plans for the government to hire more financial specialists and offer academy trusts support from «school efficiency advisers».