Sentences with phrase «remaining local authority schools»

Paul Luxemore, executive head of the Coastal Academies Trust which oversees four secondary schools and one primary school, told BBC Radio 5 live: «By arguing that remaining local authority schools should have the choice not to become academies, in effect the NAHT are defending local authorities.

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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.

But only one of the schools in each place is maintained by local authorities — the remaining schools in Birmingham are academies and independent Muslim schools in Tower Hamlets, outside of local authority control.

Whether in the medium and longer term local authorities can or should maintain a full school support service infrastructure remains an unresolved issue.

While this has now been backtracked, the role of the local authority in providing schools places remains a strenuous, and often, impossible task.

Some want this authority to remain as local as possible, vested in caring, face - to - face communities, not in a distant national or state government or even a downtown school board or mayor's office.

Conversion to academy status will not appeal to every school, many of which will be happy to remain within local authority control.

They will need to undertake thorough a businesslike review of provision and what they can offer those schools which remain dependent on the local authority — and potentially any academies that might be «wooed» back in the future.

The plans outline that every school will be in the process of being converted into an academy by 2020, with no schools remaining under local authority control by 2022.

We've worked with the local authority to meet this growing demand, by expanding Year 5 at Chantry Middle School by 30 places from the beginning of the next academic year, and if demand remains high, Newminster will also take on an extra 30 pupils in Year 5 from September 2019.»

Schools remaining under Local Authority control are not eligible to claim the Employment Allowance; however Academies and Free Schools may be entitled to claim.

There remains, however, a big rump of schools which remain conventional local authority schools - particularly in the primary phase of education, where the cash incentives to convert were much weaker.

But questions over whether schools will receive their cash directly from Government — as academies do — or through local authorities, remain unanswered.

So if the governors of an outstanding school elect to remain under the banner of a local authority, on what basis is their careful consideration of the costs and benefits of different arrangements to be challenged and turned into compulsion?

When it is clear a local authority can no longer viably support its remaining schools because a critical mass of schools has converted.

Local authorities, as previously reported by Schools Week, will remain responsible for high needs funding and the quality of SEND provision in their area.

While most local authorities pick up the conversion costs — including legal fees — Staffordshire says it can not afford to shell out a potential # 3.8 million should its remaining 300 - plus schools convert.

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.

Many schools wanted local authorities to remain players in school improvement.

He told the new education secretary that the «government has not won the argument on academies» and that good and outstanding schools should be allowed to remain part of their local authority if they chose.

Local authority maintained schools remain the largest proportion of schools, followed by those in MATs.

Four maintained schools remained with the Doncaster local authority for more than nine months, while four were converted on time.

The vast majority of primary schools and a sizeable number of secondary schools remain maintained by local authorities which are being starved of the resources to help them.

But he remains critical of Education Secretary Michael Gove's free schools policy, under which parents and other groups are able to establish schools operating outside local authority control.

In the March 2016 white paper «Educational Excellence Everywhere», the Department for Education stated that «by the end of 2020, all remaining maintained schools will be academies or in the process of conversion», and «local authorities will no longer maintain any schools».

But she urged her to abandon imposing the academies system on the remaining local authority - controlled schools in England.

• Where it is clear that the local authority can no longer viably support its remaining schools because too many schools have already become academies.

Under this mechanism a local authority will also be able to request the Department for Education converts all of its remaining schools

firstly, where it is clear that the local authority can no longer viably support its remaining schools because a critical mass of schools in that area has converted.

For other high - performing schools in strong local authorities the choice of whether to convert will remain the decision of the individual schools and governing bodies in question.

The difference is that magnet schools remain under the authority of the school district governance structure, whereas charter schools are independently operated public schools.40 Finally, local school boards may view charters as competition and may unduly reject applications.

The irony is that the most stable schools are likely to be those which remained under local authority stewardship.

«We are going to remain focused on bringing renewed energy to making our schools safe and taking a renewed look at giving law enforcement and local authorities the tools they need to deal with individuals struggling with dangerous mental illness,» Pence said.