Sentences with phrase «school expansion programme»

Grammar schools in England are being given the chance to create thousands of new places in a trimmed - down selective school expansion programme.

The facility will be the latest in a series of brand new schools to be built by Croydon in recent years as part of what has been the largest school expansion programme in the UK.

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«The expansion of the academies and Free Schools programme, regardless of any evidence to show that it is the solution to raising attainment in schools, is a wrong move and will lead to a two tier education Schools programme, regardless of any evidence to show that it is the solution to raising attainment in schools, is a wrong move and will lead to a two tier education schools, is a wrong move and will lead to a two tier education system.

2.57 pm: My colleague Paul Owen has just been to a fringe meeting where David Laws was explaining his worries about the coalition's expansion of the academies programme and introduction of free schools.

The massive expansion of the schools academies programme is the latest case in point.

The expansion of the academies programme and free schools, the end of the # 55bn Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, and a reduction in government funding for higher education are all having a significant impact on the schools, the end of the # 55bn Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, and a reduction in government funding for higher education are all having a significant impact on the Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, and a reduction in government funding for higher education are all having a significant impact on the sector.

Schools Week has previously revealed how the government wrote off nearly # 10 million as losses soar under the expansion of its free school and academies programme.

Sarah Wollaston, a former GP who chairs the health select committee, called for the remaining revenue from the levy that is not spent in schools to be ring - fenced for children's public health programmes, rather than funding the expansion of academies as part of the Department for Education's general budget.

Most of the legal changes needed for the expansion of the academies programme and to allow groups to set up free schools were passed in the Academies Act, which went through Parliament in the summer.

«We're proud of having delivered programmes like School Direct which allow teachers to train in the classroom from day one and having supported the expansion of Teach First so that more exceptional graduates are tackling educational disadvantage and transforming children's life chances.

The Trust is also recommending that more private tuition agencies provide a certain proportion of their tuition to disadvantaged pupils for free, as well as an expansion of non-profit and state tuition programmes that connect tutors with disadvantaged schools.

The expansion of the RSC's office is another move away from the original Govian model, as are a range of other DfE programmes designed to remedy the weaknesses of the original design, such as the regional partnerships the department has set up to tackle low social mobility and school underperformance, through initiatives like the 12 opportunity areas.

The city council admits that the free schools programme and independent expansion «continue to be highly challenging» because of the need to co-ordinate planning.

The National Union of Teachers warned the expansion of the academies and free schools programme was a wrong move that would a two tier education system.

Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) and the CfBT Schools Trust (CST) are both on the government's «pause list» — meaning they can not sponsor new schools — after running into trouble following quick expansion in the early years of the academy proSchools Trust (CST) are both on the government's «pause list» — meaning they can not sponsor new schools — after running into trouble following quick expansion in the early years of the academy proschools — after running into trouble following quick expansion in the early years of the academy programme.

An Academies Act, passed in the summer, paved the way for groups of parents, teachers and charities to set up their own «free schools», and for the expansion of the academies programme, under which schools are being encouraged to «opt out» of local authority control.

And he announced a further expansion of the Teach First programme, which places high - achieving graduates in schools.

Founded in 2009 to support new free schools, the NSN has been a key ally of the government in its rapid expansion of the academies programme.

«The Government has finally recognised that the expansion of the free schools programme has got out of hand and well over budget, but LocatED would not have been needed if the Government had allowed local authorities to have the control over the planning for the additional school places that they need.