Sentences with phrase «role of local authorities»

Will the reduced role of local authorities in educational provision and the increasing role of a «middle tier» between schools and government present critical challenges in this respect in the future?

2) I have challenged Government ministers in private on their approach to schools and the diminishing role of local authorities.

Questions about the future role of local authorities in schools went unanswered as Nicky Morgan faced a grilling from MPs about plans to convert all schools into academies.

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.

«There is a strong argument that the enforcement role of Local Authorities has been neglected in the past and should take much greater prominence from now on.

In both cases there is an expectation that governing bodies supplant the assessor / overseer / appraiser role of local authorities.

In that case Lord Woolf had said that NAA 1948 makes it clear that NHSA 1977 (now NHSA 2006) is the dominant Act «consistent with the long standing role of local authorities under Part III of the 1948 Act of only being required to provide assistance for those in need who have no other way of obtaining that assistance».

«Despite today's announcement, there still remains huge uncertainty about the scope and pace of Government reforms and many unanswered questions, including about the future of funding for schools and about the future role of local authorities in the provision of education.

Some Liberal Democrats are worried that the Government's «free schools» dilute the role of local authorities; that the party was bounced into accepting Tory health reforms and that a proposed benefits shake - up will harm vulnerable people.

But Lord Hill told peers that the bill was «not an attack on the role of local authorities» and that «strong local authorities will remain central to the Government's plans to improve education».

The other key issue here is the role of local authorities.

The role of local authorities is changing dramatically, increasing pressure on school based teams, and the free school programme (an off shoot of the academies programme) has introduced competition between schools which focuses attention not just on academic performance but on the image a school wants to project.

The role of the local authority in running schools has been brought into question this year with the government intention to force academisation upon all schools by 2022.

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

While the role of local authorities in schools may be coming to an end, let's hope that the role of the local community remains as active as ever.

Divided into several sections, the Draft Code outlines the role of local authorities, who will be expected to publish information about the provisions that will be available in their area to support SEN pupils.

The publication, entitled» Fair Funding — getting it right: a new national funding formula for schools», comes in anticipation of the government's consultation on the school funding in spring and aims to asses: the risks and opportunities; the pupil characteristics that need to be reflected; the role of local authorities; how disadvantaged pupils will be supported; the transition to a new formula; and the political imperatives behind it.

Given these changes, the role of local authorities will be to ensure every child has a school place, that the needs of all pupils are met and championing parents and the local community, but they will step back from maintaining and improving schools.

Heated debate ran throughout the two days surrounding key topics, including new procurement routes, the role of local authorities, SEN schools and the use of digital media in education.

The Pitt Review documented 92 recommendations in order to better prepare for future flooding, one of which stated that the role of local authorities should be enhanced so that they take on responsibility for leading the coordination of flood risk management in their areas.

I was tasked with thinking through the role of local authorities within this new diverse education landscape where free schools, sponsored academies, converter academies and local authority schools all co-existed alongside each other.

He was also concerned about the role of local authorities.

The role of the local authority in the education of the nation's children, which has been gradually eroded with the introduction of academies, will be virtually brought to an end by such legislation.

However EPI has warned that the department won't be able to implement a «hard» funding formula by totally removing the role of local authorities in school funding by 2020, as planned.

The report stated: «Academies are unlikely to welcome the ongoing (though diminishing) role of local authorities in setting school budgets, but will almost certainly accept this as a consequence of a minority government.»

End the role of local authorities as school improvement partners when the evidence demonstrates just how effective many of them are — with 86 % of local authority maintained schools rated good or outstanding;