Sentences with phrase «on academisation»

We are winning on academisation.

We will then have a situation where schools with a religious association will have a veto on Academisation and other schools will not have such a veto.

«However, this government's focus on academisation at all costs means that other options to tackle school improvement are being ignored including tackling the teacher shortage crisis threatening school standards.»

The headteacher boards have been ignoring post-16 and SEND experts in their decisions on academisation — even though the government promised they would be included.

However, the source maintained that the government would not alter its position on the academisation deadline of 2022.

Not exact matches

The decision comes after head teachers across England had suggested that they could go on strike as a result of forced academisation.

«Tomorrow, armed with the provisions of the Education and Adoption Bill, the Government will use these statements as the justification to ride roughshod over the views of parents and local communities and embark on a programme of academisation.

On education, Michael Gove's alacrity for supply - side reforms has taken shape in a comprehensive programme of Academisation of secondary schools and some primary schools.

Its criticism of the forced academisation of primary schools has focused on its forced nature.

Yes, I am willing to talk tactics of how we do this (I would start with restoring LA oversight and local democratic accountability over all state funded schools), but until we get to grips with the disaster of academisation we don't deserve to be taken seriously on anything else.

Sadly, most of the attacks on us made by the Tories, such as creeping privatisation of the NHS, academisation of schools, and PFI, originated with recent Labour governments.

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.

Wanting to take the step towards academisation on his own terms, he joined other schools in Northampton who started working together to form NPAT as equal partners, not built on the back of a top - down sponsor.

Changes to accountability announced by education secretary Damian Hinds mean that poorly performing schools no long face forced academisation on data alone.

Based on extensive research with schools, academies and MATs across the UK, Bett Academies has been designed to address key challenges and considerations relating to academisation.

The government has announced its ambition for every school to become an academy by 2020, despite backtracking on forced academisation.

«We would urge the Government to re-consider its plans for full academisation and to focus on working with councils to ensure all our children get the excellent education they deserve.»

Commenting on the report, David Laws, chairman of EPI, said: «For too long the debate about «academisation», the possible roles for local authorities in school improvement, and the impact of structural reform on our school system has been dominated by political ideologies, half - truths and hunches, rather than by evidence and careful analysis.

2016 has left us with a number of crucial issues to consider and address, including: the impact that Brexit may have on education; the government's plans for academisation and the subsequent U-turn on the plans; the reintroduction of grammar schools; and the continuing teacher recruitment and retention crises.

A test for the «academisation» of the education system is how successful it will be on this apparently most intransigent and hard to reach group.

Morgan's u-turn followed an uprising against forced academisation from backbench Tory MPs who were particularly concerned about the potential impact on smaller schools in rural areas.

Kevin Courtney, the union's joint general secretary, accused the government of pursuing «a reckless and evidence - free policy of academisation of schools» at the NUT section's conference in Brighton on March 31.

Schools in Labour - run local authority areas are more likely to face forced academisation under new laws designed to clamp down on coasting councils.

This annual report on education standards, presented by Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw, said that «undoubtedly, academisation injected more vigour and competition into the system».

It's fair to say that the jury is still out on the effects of academisation per se.

I was fortunate to teach in strong science departments, that were well equipped for practical work, as were all UK schools until the recent Academisation (your Charter Schools) and increasing marketisation of our education system on the US model.

Carole Willis, the chief executive of the National Foundation for Education Research, welcomed «anything that gives schools greater clarity around accountability» but warned against «placing too much emphasis on using academisation as a silver bullet».

She denied this: «I would strongly push back on the suggestion that any of this situation in Birmingham is caused either by academisation or because of changes in local government finance.

In a letter sent on July 17, seen by Schools Week, Hewett principal Tom Leverage reassured parents that despite academisation, the school's uniform would remain unchanged in September, but that the school council would «discuss» the issue in the autumn term following «complaints and concerns» by parents and pupils.

The government must urgently define local authority duties and powers to avoid this sort of clash of bureaucracies particularly now that full academisation is on a much less definite timescale.

They have a remit of monitoring the performance of academies in their area, making recommendations on free school applications and supporting academisation.

Despite the vitriol, the NUT's collective defiance may yet fall on deaf ears in Whitehall after Nicky Morgan ruled out any U-turn over academisation.

«Academisation casts no fairy dust on schools and doesn't improve school performance» (Mary Bousted, TES)

Russell Hobby, general secretary of the NAHT, to which many heads have complained about academisation tactics, says it is interesting that Ofsted seems to be shifting responsibility for shortcomings on to the DfE, but he welcomes the response.

«For Ofsted to have reneged on it is a serious matter, and it's clear that the DfE is employing all sorts of tactics to get heads to agree to its plans for academisation.»

In follow - up reports, Ofsted inspectors have sometimes noted that dealing with the pressures to agree to academisation has itself been a conflicting pressure on a headteacher's time when the school was dealing with the issues raised by the initial unsatisfactory Ofsted report.

Speaking to Schools Week, Ms Renou also said that the geographical isolation of schools could present a barrier to academisation — and that growing the number of converter academies was something that the board she leads was focusing on early.

Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has previously said that he wants local authorities to play a bigger role in the oversight of schools, but steady academisation makes it look less likely that Labour could turn back the clock on the programme.

But there is concern about the impact of academisation on the 2,200 voluntary - controlled (VC) CofE schools.