Not exact matches
Tory measures are condemned but without a mention of
academisation or free schools or the ripping of schools
out of the framework of local democracy.
The same report was at pains to point
out that «
academisation is not always successful nor is it the only proven alternative for a struggling school.
First, that the «fragmenting» of the school system through
academisation has cut
out more than just local authorities — but also many services, such as educational psychologists, sports partnerships, and joined - up youth offender initiatives.
It's fair to say that the jury is still
out on the effects of
academisation per se.
Writing in The Guardian last month, Warwick Mansell pointed
out that of the 447 schools rated inadequate, more than one in four — 123 — had failed their Ofsted a year or more ago and had not yet converted to academy status, or been recorded by the DfE as planned for
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.
Hill added that many schools resisting
academisation would use the delay to «hold
out in hope that an election may change things».