Sentences with phrase «of local authority schools»

So we don't know whether these will be similar to the remaining half, whereas we have results for a large proportion of local authority schools.

Over 80 % of local authority schools are rated good or outstanding by Ofsted — why force them to change?

Many have been struggling in recent years; the latest publication of local authority school income and expenditure reveals that the proportion of schools with a deficit has increased from 6.0 % in 2015 - 16 to 9.1 % in 2016 - 17.

Not exact matches

The attitudes of local authorities may be changing now as the economy slows and officials become more concerned about unemployment and tensions over access to schools and other social services.

Recruiting good head teachers is even harder — some local authorities have resorted to establishing networked schools with a head in charge of two or three at once.

It is absolutely crucial that people of good will examine the scientific evidence and disseminate the facts through to schools, local authorities and health trusts.

Despite a massively negative consultation on the subject last autumn, and the contrary assurances to parliament by the Education Secretary, Ed Balls, local authorities are to be given a duty to monitor the education of all home - schooled children.

Since Academy schools are not under the control of local authorities, it is a source of great wonder to me that all Catholic maintained schools have not opted for this status; it is an even greater wonder that the Catholic diocesan authorities are, it seems, actually discouraging the governors of Catholic schools from exercising their legal right to opt for Academy status.

But it was just the opposite; grant maintained schools had far more autonomy than schools under the thumb of the local education authority.

The statistics are suggest that free schools performed better than other types of schools, such as local authority schools or academies.

The bill stated that a local authority «shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality» or «promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship».

It is sixty years since I became a Catholic; five of those years were spent in schools staffed by secular priests and religious, another four in approved schools staffed by laity and with Catholic chaplains; two years were spent in a local authority approved school and thirty years in prisons and the courts as a senior probation officer.

After consultation with parents, priests, teachers, governors and students the Diocesan Department of Religious Education of the Archdiocese of Birmingham entered into negotiation with the Local Authority and Teenage Pregnancy Unit [1] to develop a sex and relationship resource for Catholic schools.

If you're looking for more strategic level input, our half - day mini-conferences / leadership seminars for up to 50 leaders and members of staff (drawn from schools and education departments across a local authority) offer a targeted, cost - effective solution.

Michael Gove, Sir Michael Wilshaw (head of Ofsted), the Department of Health, Public Health England, Jamie Oliver, charitable organisations and representatives from all the major school food providers — from private industry to local authority caterers — have agreed to do their bit to increase take - up and create a truly first class school food service.

The Minister has also written directly to headteachers, the school meals team, and Directors of Children's Services in each local authority to let them know these tools are available to them, and to thank them for their hard work preparing to deliver universal infant free school meals.

Also, check with your local school authorities (school board), and / or your local government that controls schooling where you live, but be careful of what school authorities and the government tell you.

It is not the responsibility of the local education authority, or the local school, or, indeed the health visitor!

The most recent estimates from local authorities put the number of home schooled children in the UK at more than 36,000 — a figure which has increased by 65 % over the past six years.

Deemed out of control, he was sent to a local authority boarding school.

If a parent wishes to take a child out of school in order to home educate, there is a legal process which must be followed and which culminates in the school notifying the local authority.

In the very small number of local authorities where there is information on religion, about 31 % of home educators belong to a faith group, although that may not be the reason they have chosen an alternative to school.

Section 41 of the Act allows the Secretary of State, by order, to publish a list of approved independent special institutions (Independent Special Schools — England and Wales and Special Post-16 institutions) for the purposes of satisfying Section 38 (Preparation of an Education, Health and Care plan by local authorities) of the Act.

It provides analyses on the characteristics of pupils by their provision of SEN together with the assessment and placement of pupils with statements of SEN.. It is based on pupil - level data collected via the school census and local authority - level data collected via the SEN2 survey.

Parents seeking to home educate children registered at a special school, however, must obtain the consent of the local authority to withdraw their child from the school or, if that authority refuse to give consent, without a direction of the Welsh Ministers.

If it appears to a local education authority that a child of compulsory school age in their area is not receiving suitable education, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise, they shall serve a notice in writing on the parent requiring him to satisfy them within the period specified in the notice that the child is receiving such education.

The hope is that this will be a helpful narrative which sets out some of the issues for parents, Headteachers, governors and local authorities to consider, should they wish to offer the option of flexi - schooling in like circumstances.

Local authorities may have between 6 and 600 + home educated children «on their books», i.e. children who are known to the authority, usually because they have been taken out of school.

Elective home education is the term used by the Department for Education - and therefore local authorities - to describe parents» decisions to provide education for their children at home instead of sending them to school.

We therefore seek the consent of the Local Authority to allow (child's name) name to be deleted from the admission register of the school, in accordance with Education (Pupil Registration) Regulation 8 (2) 2006.

This cross-section is effectively our «customer base» and is made up of a mix of parents from the Elective Home Education community, through to those parents who have become dissatisfied with the approach of their local school and or local authority.

This is because this type of institution is by definition a school set up to discharge a local authority's duties under section 19 (1) of the Education Act 1996 in relation to children of compulsory school age.

English and Welsh local authorities continue to have a statutory basis for the recoupment of the costs of certain pupils with high needs who are attending schools across the border from where they live.

Local authorities will remain responsible for all the funding that independent schools receive for children and young people with SEN.. More information about how local authorities should discharge their responsibilities for children and young people with SEN in independent schools is set out in the SEND code of practice, in particular paragraphs 9.131 to 9Local authorities will remain responsible for all the funding that independent schools receive for children and young people with SEN.. More information about how local authorities should discharge their responsibilities for children and young people with SEN in independent schools is set out in the SEND code of practice, in particular paragraphs 9.131 to 9local authorities should discharge their responsibilities for children and young people with SEN in independent schools is set out in the SEND code of practice, in particular paragraphs 9.131 to 9.136.

The «Impact of the central school services block NFF» table sets out local authority provisional central school services allocations for 2018 to 2019, and illustrative allocations for 2019 to 2020.

It is also possible, however, depending on the range and type of services on offer, for such provision to be a centrally funded service commissioned by the local authority, normally under a service level agreement with the school or academy.

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

Under the finance regulations, local authorities have the flexibility to make changes to the number of pre-16 places funded in maintained schools and PRUs.

Hospital education is defined as «education provided at a community special school or foundation special school established in a hospital, or under any arrangements made by the local authority under section 19 of the 1996 Act [ie the Education Act 1996](exceptional provision of education), where the child is being provided with such education by reason of a decision made by a medical practitioner».

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.

The regulations do not allow local authorities to make changes to the number of post-16 funded places in maintained schools and PRUs.

The Inter-authority Recoupment (England) Regulations 2013 enable local authorities to recover the costs of pupils with statements of SEN or EHC plans, pupils in special schools, and pupils in hospital education.

Recognized as the authority on school nutrition programs, SNA has 49 state affiliates, hundreds of local chapters and more than 57,000 members.

The report argues that there is now insufficient local oversight of school performance and the creation of locally accountable school commissioners, appointed by partnerships of local authorities across city or county regions, would act to address this vacuum and support better local coordination of education.

Commenting on plans for local authorities to decide where new schools should open, Kevin Courtney, Deputy General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «This is a clear admission that the free school policy has not effectively addressed local need for new places and concedes the vital role of the local authority in funding for new school places and the right of the local authority to select the provider.

The Education Act of 1980 introduced the Assisted Place Scheme which took selected and gifted children out of the state school system and placed them into independent schools; the trade union reform acts abolished the closed shops, secondary picketing and stamped down wild - cat strikes; the Education Act of 1988 introduced City Technology Colleges, which took states schools out of the purview of the Local Education Authority; the 1988 Next Steps development began a transformation of the civil service by fragmenting in up into executive agencies; and the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 introduced the internal market into the NHS.

The spending review says: «Local authorities in England hold # 225 billion of assets, including over # 60 billion in property not used for schools or housing.

Under the provisions of the academies bill schools will be given the opportunity to become academies, freeing them of control by local authorities.

This ideologically - driven experiment is hard to justify at a time of school budget cuts in addition to the loss of vital local authority services for SEN pupils, the squeeze on libraries and Sure Start amongst others.

I've never understood why local authorities are in charge of schools,» she added.