Sentences with phrase «pool of academy sponsors»

But we're also looking at increasing the number of converters that we get in the region, and a major priority is to build our pool of academy sponsors.»

Not exact matches

It is believed the DfE did not publish figures for sponsor academies at the time because the pool of sponsored schools was too small.

The limited nature of the sponsor pool, together with an inefficient (and competitively stagnant) brokering system for matching schools in need of assistance with viable sponsors, have also resulted in the untenable situation in which almost half of the sponsored academies that have had an inspection post-intervention are themselves rated «inadequate» or «requiring improvement».

Given the urgency of improvement, and the simultaneous need to tighten rigour in sponsor commissioning, the Department for Education (DfE) should allow RSCs to expand their pools of school improvement providers beyond academy sponsors

The ability of RSCs to tackle underperformance is dependent on academy sponsors but the report notes that regions with the greatest need for good sponsors tend to be those with the smallest pool of existing «high potential» sponsors.