Sentences with phrase «of academy chains on»

The Sutton Trust in its fourth annual report on academy chains, Chain Effects 2017 — The impact of academy chains on low income students, reveals the continued lack of impact academy chains are having in turning around the low attainment levels of disadvantaged students, a stated aim of the original sponsored academies programme.

The report, «Chain Effects 2015: The impact of academy chains on low - income students», suggests new chains should not be allowed to expand until they have a «track record of success».

Not exact matches

In a report released earlier this year, the commons education committee also found «no convincing evidence of the impact of academy status on attainment in primary schools», adding that while «some chains such as Harris have proved very effective at raising attainment... others achieve worse outcomes than comparable mainstream schools».

LOWER EAST SIDE — State and local officials have asked the Department of Education to hold a public hearing on plans to bring a new school run by the Success Academy charter school chain to the neighborhood.

They also found «no convincing evidence of the impact of academy status on attainment in primary schools», adding that while «some chains such as Harris have proved very effective at raising attainment... others achieve worse outcomes than comparable mainstream schools».

In the early years of academisation — under both Labour and coalition governments — the academy chains that ran into trouble were those that expanded too fast, taking on too many schools.

«With more than 80 per cent of council maintained schools currently rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted, and only three of the 20 largest academy chains viable to take on additional schools, high performing maintained schools should also be able to sponsor struggling schools, without having to go through academy status first.

A cap on the number of schools that an academy chain can take on, which is often criticised by Ofsted, is to be considered by government.

Currently, the model funding agreement and articles of association for academy chains focus almost exclusively on governance and financial propriety, but the results of Reform's survey suggest that a chain's finances and educational performance are «intrinsically linked».

Following Prime Minister David Cameron's calls in October that «local authorities running schools were a thing of the past», the announcement is due to make it easier for academy chains to take on failing schools, including those with financial or inspection problems.

According to an annual report, out of 48 academy chains, only eight saw poorer pupils with high prior attainment go on to progress over the national average.

Before taking the role, Sir David was a positive advocate for openness, claiming during a presentation at the Independent Academies Association conference in October 2014 that the individual votes of headteacher board members — who advise regional schools commissioners (RSCs) on academy chain takeovers — would be made public.

The fact that councils can no longer open new schools is the subject of a long - running campaign by the Local Government Association, which has warned that there aren't enough «viable» academy chains to take on extra schools.

Run by the academy sponsoring chain ARK, this primary school will open on a temporary site in the Queen's Park area of north Westminster in September.

This is the university's second academy chain, expanded after the City of Wolverhampton Academy Trust was banned from taking on new schools in 2013 - 14 due to poor perfoacademy chain, expanded after the City of Wolverhampton Academy Trust was banned from taking on new schools in 2013 - 14 due to poor perfoAcademy Trust was banned from taking on new schools in 2013 - 14 due to poor performance.

An analysis of academy accounts by Schools Week found the deficit for the LGPS, a defined contribution benefit scheme for non-teaching staff including school business leaders and teaching assistants, is growing every year as chains expand and returns on investment fail to improve.

Let's see if I've got this right... Stefan Pryor was co-founder and board member of Amistad Academy, the «flagship» school of Achievement First, a charter school chain he helped found and on whose board he sat until he was made Commissioner of Education of the State of Connecticut in Sept. 2011.

Labour MP Meg Hillier, who succeeded Ms Hodge as chair of the committee, told Schools Week an update on the progress of the investigation would be helpful, adding that her committee was «really concerned» about the «accountability gap» in some academy chains.

Labour's shadow schools minister Nic Dakin accused ministers of «taking their eye off the ball on school standards and failing to ensure that all schools, including those in academy chains, are properly accountable».

This is money which should be spent on educating children: not being stashed in «reserves» on balance sheets or used to fund exorbitant salaries for Chief Executives of unaccountable academy chains.

This kind of assessment is tricky: academy chains tend to take on local authority schools that are performing below the expected level, even when you take their challenging circumstances into account.

NEW YORK CITY On Thursday, former Success Academy parent Fatima Geidi delivered a petition she started calling on the U.S. Department of Education to investigate the charter school chain for keeping a «got to go» list of struggling students and actively working to push them out of schooOn Thursday, former Success Academy parent Fatima Geidi delivered a petition she started calling on the U.S. Department of Education to investigate the charter school chain for keeping a «got to go» list of struggling students and actively working to push them out of schooon the U.S. Department of Education to investigate the charter school chain for keeping a «got to go» list of struggling students and actively working to push them out of school.

And don't get me started on academy chains giving contracts to businesses run by people on their own governing bodies and boards of directors!

A married couple running another chain — Steve and Paula Kenning of Aspirations Academies Trust — were revealed as having had # 400,000 spent on them by that organisation in 2016 - 17, bringing their total cost to that trust over four years to more than # 1.6 million.

Lucy Heller, chief executive of the ARK academy chain, said: «One of the benefits of being part of a strong academy network is the importance placed on monitoring - not just to drive up standards but to ensure financial good practice.

The public have a right to know that this money is being spent on their childrens» education and not on BMWs for a new breed of overpaid Academy Principals or so called Chief Executives of Academy Chains.

While working on that piece I learned that non-executive director of the DfE Paul Marshall — who is also chair of trustees for academy chain Ark — had given # 15,536 to support Yeovil Liberal Democrats» 2015 election campaigns.

It's not the first time academies have come under fire over consultations — though most relate to ones run on behalf of academy chains looking to takeover council - maintained schools.

Most are modeled on the KIPP, or Knowledge is Power Program, academies, a nationwide chain of about 200 schools, mostly at the elementary - and middle - school levels.

Where free schools form part of academy chains this should be made clear on the DfE's list of free schools, so that any analysis can include all the schools in each chain.

What is clear is that charter chains like Success Academy, which boast very high scores on state tests and very little tolerance for even mildly divergent behavior, are pleased since they will no longer have to bother with new teachers who have actually learned to teach and have existing teaching experience and knowledge of pedagogy.

The Vice Chair of Eva Moskowitz's infamous New York City based Success Academy Charter Schools dropped $ 1,500 on the event, thanks to donations from board members and his wife, while another donation came from a board member of the Newark, New Jersey, Team Charter School chain, which is owned by KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, a «national network» of 125 charter schools around the Country.

Until recently the SFER Board also included acclaimed education reform financier Jonathan Sackler (Whose activities include funding the Achievement First Inc. charter school chain, forming ConnCAN and 50CAN and serving on the Board of The New Schools Venture Fund) and Rebecca Ledley (A member of the UP Academy Charter School Company and spouse of Charles Ledley, who serves on the Board of Directors of Education Reform Now (ERN) and its affiliate, Democrats for Education Reform (DFER.)

A raft of reforms to school accountability, including an education commissioner for Birmingham, inspections of city academy chains and new oversight of school governors, were announced on Tuesday by the education secretary in response to a damning report into extremist infiltration of schools.

Analysis by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) reveals that at least four academy chain employees — two of them chief executives — work or have worked as government education advisers on projects boosting the number of such schools.

Rich Davies, head of data for academy chain Ark, which sponsors the academy, said: «There was a real focus on maths and English and we have seen a massive uplift in those results.

Ofsted can not give a judgement on an academy chain, but inspectors can carry out multiple inspections of individual schools it runs.

Crucially, however, the report highlights a minority of academy chains that continue to achieve improved outcomes for their disadvantaged students against both attainment and progress measures, thus demonstrating the transformational impact that can be made on the life chances of these students.

I love to watch the shock and dismay on the faces of my academy students when I tell them that this is the one time I will actually still use a choke chain.