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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.
Some are set up
by parent - led consortia, and some
by the kind
of organisations that already run
chains of academies.
In one case examined
by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) an
academy chain allegedly paid # 424,850 to a solicitors» firm part - run
by one
of its directors.
Bloomberg said the charter school expansion would be achieved mainly
by speeding up the replication
of chain - style charters such as KIPP and the Success
Academy network that already have a presence in the city.
By unfolding into a cellular
chain, clusters
of cancer cells can slide through capillary tubes less than 10 micrometers wide, Sam Au
of Harvard Medical School and colleagues report April 18 in the Proceedings
of the National
Academy of Sciences.
«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.
This is the first
academy chain to give up all
of its schools,
of which five
of the 12 sponsored
by the group are rated as «inadequate».
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.
Interviews conducted
by Reform found that the current top - slice arrangement is creating a system in which the headteacher views the
academy as a «client buying into the
chain service», rather than as a branch
of the
chain, which can lead to tension between headteachers and
chain leadership.
This makes clear that the support provided
by governors, local education authorities and
academy chains to head teachers is equally as important as that provided to a teacher
by line manager or head
of department.
The Sutton Trust report -
Chain Effects 2017 - written
by Merryn Hutchings and Becky Francis, which is now in its fourth year, looks at the results
of disadvantaged pupils in
academy chains with at least two sponsored
academies for at least three years.
Many
academies, including most
of the strongest, are now run
by «
chains» — the British version
of CMO's — which are also being asked to turn around low - performing schools.
The large salaries enjoyed
by chief executives at some
of England's
academy chains is not justified
by the performance
of the schools they run, Sir Michael Wilshaw has said.
Teachers have particularly seized the opportunity to set up a new school; 67 per cent
of free schools have been started
by groups led
by teachers, existing successful schools,
academy chains or existing providers.
Apr - 13 TKAT Bridgemary School Ofsted «inadequate» Jul - 13 TKAT Collapse
of Swedish «free» school
chain Jul - 13 TKAT Havant
Academy Ofsted «inadequate» Oct - 13 TKAT Bridgemary School Warning notice issued re Bridgemary School Jan - 14 TKAT The Kemnal
Academy Trust Overall 2013 GCSE results below floor target Jan - 14 TKAT TKAT 26 out
of 40 heads replaced Jan - 14 TKAT Weyfield Primary
Academy Head disappears over holidays, Weyfield Primary Feb - 14 TKAT Dame Janet Primary Requires improvement Mar - 14 TKAT King Harold B & E
Academy Requires improvement Jun - 14 TKAT Heybridge Primary Requires improvement Jun - 14 TKAT Portfield Primary School Requires improvement Jul - 14 TKAT Salmestone Primary Requires improvement Jul - 14 TKAT Seymour Primary Requires improvement Jul - 14 TKAT Criticised
by Ofsted: Overwhelming proportion
of pupils not getting reasonable education Oct - 14 TKAT Thomas Bennett Community Requires improvement Nov - 14 TKAT Weyfield Primary
Academy Inadequate (see previous entry) Jan - 15 TKAT Newlands Primary Requires improvement Jul - 15 TKAT Chichester High School for Boys Requires improvement
Eva Moskowitz, the CEO
of the Success
Academy public - charter
chain and a target
of de Blasio's, told me that she believes de Blasio has been blinded to alternate approaches
by his ideology and
by his loyalty to the teachers union.
Among them were several payments made
by the
academy chain E-ACT while it was subject to a financial notice to improve, including one payment
of # 179,651 in 2013 - 14.
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.
An analysis published
by the Policy Exchange think tank showed that in the most recent waves
of free schools, more than two - thirds were opened
by academies or
academy chains.
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.
It can also assist where an established
academy is taken over
by an existing
academy chain or where a free school is established upon the merger, take - over and / or closure
of existing schools or services.
But Morgan's hopes were quickly dashed when the NASUWT general secretary, Chris Keates, followed her at the podium and asked Morgan to reconsider the plan to move 16,000 schools in England from local authority oversight to control
by chains of academy trusts
by 2022.
Malcolm Trobe, the interim general secretary
of the Association
of School and College Leaders, said salary levels were set
by factors including the value - for - money the chief executives provided, and could be offset
by the saving an
academy chain could bring, such as group discounts for contracts.
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.
It's something that
academy chains such as Ark and Inspiration Trust have made a priority
by appointing teams
of specialists to work with their schools to develop communities
of subject knowledge.
It is also seen as one
of the most successful; all
of its
academies that have been inspected since takeover have been rated «good» or «outstanding»
by Ofsted, and the
chain is regularly singled out for praise
by ministers.
The free schools programme, established
by Michael Gove in 2010 as a way for members
of the public and teachers to set up their own schools, is increasingly used
by large, established
academy chains to start their own schools.
Another
academy trust has been criticised for underperformance
by Ofsted in the education watchdog's second focused inspection
of an
academy chain.
According to government figures, it is one
of seven free schools run
by academy chain Ark that have been delayed in the past three years.
... Pupils at the nine schools run
by the U.S. charter school operator Rocketship Education spend a quarter
of their lesson time online, an approach that has provided inspiration for a proposed new
academy run
by Ark Schools, one
of England's largest school
chains....
The day - to - day running
of the school is down to the head teacher or principal, but they are overseen
by individual charitable bodies called
academy trusts and may be part
of an
academy chain.
An
academy chain has been accused
by Ofsted inspectors
of not making enough progress, with warnings the quality
of education for too many pupils is «not good enough».
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!
The complexities
of running a school mean many
of these new state - funded, but independently - run, schools are actually led
by academy chains and education companies.
About six
of the new free schools are being run
by groups already operating
academy chains and for the leaders
of these new schools, it has also been a momentous journey.
«Only 15 %
of the largest
academy chains perform above the national average in terms
of progress made
by pupils, compared with 44 %
of councils, while more than 80 %
of maintained schools are rated as «good» or «outstanding»
by Ofsted.
The day - to - day running
of the school is the responsibility
of the head teacher or principal, but they are overseen
by individual charitable bodies called
academy trusts and may be part
of an
academy chain
One
of the biggest
chains of academy schools in England has been heavily criticised
by Ofsted in a letter.
In a world where struggling Headteachers are asked to supply action plans
by the LA, RSC, Ofsted and sometimes the
academy chain, many Heads appreciate the visit
of a PiXL associate whose only agenda is to ask: «how can I help?»
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.
Although
academies and free schools can not be run for profit, many are run
by private, non-profit making organisations - some
of which run «
chains»
of several schools.
But the report said often a failing school will become part
of a
chain of academies run
by one sponsor with a central management function.
Professor Arthur is also a director
of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, which is a strategic adviser for Floreat Education, an
academy chain run
by David Cameron's former adviser James O'Shaughnessy and which opened its first free schools this month.
A council will terminate the contracts
of 2,700 teaching assistants and offer them lower pay deals, following soon after similar announcements
by three
academy chains.
When schools become
academies, they are overseen
by academy trusts, and increasing numbers are part
of chains, otherwise known as multi-
academy trusts (Mats).
The bosses
of academy trusts running large
chains of schools in England are going to be challenged
by education ministers over «fat - cat» pay.
One
of the country's first ever
academies has been taken over
by a major London
academy chain, after it fell into special measures.
New research
by PwC published last weekend reveals that only three
of the biggest
academy chains has a positive value - added rating, whilst just one
of the 26 biggest primary sponsors achieves results above the national average.
Almost one fifth
of respondents noted that CPD in their school was either entirely internal, largely internal, or only used CPD providers approved
by an
academy chain.