Sentences with phrase «schools became academies»

When these schools became academies an audit identified that they had no business continuity or crisis management plans.

Democratic accountability The argument about democratic accountability being lost if the schools became academies rang hollow when considering what such «democratic accountability» had, in fact, achieved.

A further 17 new schools were opened as academies and a small number of independent schools became academies.

While the government is no longer forcing every school to convert, the general direction of travel hasn't really changed — the Department for Education (DfE) remains in favour of schools becoming academies, particularly as part of a multi-academy trust (MAT).

When schools become academies, the legal responsibility for maintaining the school (both in physical terms and in relation to funding) passes to the academy trust with whom the Secretary of State has entered into «academy arrangements» (pursuant to the Academies Act 2010).

In a statement, the DfE said: «As more schools choose to convert to academy status and struggling schools become academies with the support of a strong sponsor, it is important RSCs have the right resources to build system capacity and hold schools to account for their performance.

The general principle behind schools becoming academies is conversion «as is», i.e. warts and all.

Whilst this might not have been an issue for schools becoming academies on their own (as a single academy trust) this is becoming more of an issue for multi ‑ academy trusts and particularly for sponsored academies who may be reluctant to inherit either crumbling buildings or new buildings commissioned by a local authorities without a full set of warranties.

The landscape going forward As every school becomes an academy we will see further Multi Academy Trusts (MATs) evolve.

Less than seven percent said that they supported the goal of every school becoming an academy, while 85.6 per cent opposed the idea.

The research found that converting schools into sponsored academies may rise standards in the year after they are converted, but this improvement dissipates over the following three years, eventually returning to levels previously seen before the school became an academy.

These problems will only increase as more schools become academies.»

However, this is not due to increased rate of academisation in primary schools, as growth in the proportion of schools becoming academies has been steadily falling across both phases in recent years, but the decline in growth in the secondary sector has been steeper.

But schools becoming academies is only one chapter of a much bigger story told in the white paper about how we create the infrastructure that allows a self - improving school - led system to flourish: what role government should play in that system, when we should offer you support and when we should get out of the way.

Ensuring 74 % of England's schools become academies by 2020 would require unprecedented speed.

«The same staff who campaigned against the school becoming an academy are now saying «hang on a minute, why do we have an executive headteacher and a finance director when you're making people redundant?»

The Tories plans to create 500 new free schools and make 3,000 state schools become academies.

The NUT Academies Transfers guidance explains the legal provisions that can be used to assist in protecting members» rights when a school becomes an academy.

Our land and school transfer briefing explains the current arrangements for land transfers when a school becomes an academy and highlights NUT concerns about the proposed new arrangements set out in the White Paper.

Where academies have decided to adopt the STPCD's provisions to determine teachers» pay, as the majority have, contract law is likely to require these provisions to be followed in full when pay decisions are taken (and they will continue to apply under TUPE legislation to teachers whose employment transferred when the school became an academy).

Committee chair Neil Carmichael said he and colleagues were «determined» to take a close eye to the proposed education policies, and said the hearing would provide an early opportunity for MPs to «press the secretary of state on her plans for all schools become academies by 2022».

Birchwood Community High School became an academy in 2013, and is part of the Birchwood Community Academy Trust, which also runs Birchwood College.

In a particularly strange example, if a school became an academy between October 2010 and May 2014 it could be exempt from national standards for school meals (because this was not included in its contract), although every other academy has to follow them.

Outwood Academy Portland's principal, Dr Phillip Smith, says that while a renewed focus on attainment in core subjects since the school became an academy has been crucial, the school's success was only possible thanks to the numerous extra-curricular activities now provided because they turned the school into a place where children wanted to be.

If all schools become academies, the government «should consider merging the new commissioning body with the schools wing of Ofsted, so that there is one independent regulator of all schools».

If all schools become academies, it will mean each regional commissioner over-seeing thousands of them.

Not a single failing school became an academy less than nine months after an inspection in at least 26 local authorities over the past three years, Schools Week can exclusively reveal.

Reform, in its new report Academy chains unlocked, has called for the national and regional schools commissioners and parts of the Education Funding Agency (EFA), which deal with financial accountability, to form a new body that could then merge with the schools wing of Ofsted — should all schools become academies.

Proposals which will see all schools become academies by 2022 were unveiled by chancellor George Osborne in his budget earlier this month, and expanded - upon in the education white paper educational excellence everywhere.

One last comment, as I understand it when a community school becomes an academy then if it is a sponsored conversion (e.g. because the school is failing and deemed to require substantial investment to turn it around) then the sponsoring MAT receives additional funding.

Malcolm Trobe (pictured), deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «One of the things we are seeing is that there are significant additional responsibilities when a school becomes an academy.

When schools become academies, they become semi-independent and outside of local authority control.

When schools become academies, they are overseen by academy trusts, and increasing numbers are part of chains, otherwise known as multi-academy trusts (Mats).

The school became an academy in 2011, joining the Cambridge Meridian academies trust, and was renamed Nene Park academy.

In a statement on Friday, Morgan said: «I am today reaffirming our determination to see all schools become academies.

Great Yarmouth High School becomes an academy and joins the Inspiration Trust as Great Yarmouth Charter Academy.

«One of them is schools becoming academies, principally because we want to encourage them to move, once they become academies... to contributing as part of a multi-academy trust system.»

That's why the government is committed to every school becoming an academy.

As more schools become academies, this alone will frustrate the government's intention to achieve parity between similar schools.

The composition of Schools Forums will obviously change as more schools become academies.

It calls for a review of the way in which schools become academies or academy trusts, a proposal not taken up by Morgan.

The government is keen to talk about the structures in education, evidenced by its fixation with schools becoming academies, but is less keen to talk about school improvement as well.

Shadow Education Secretary Ed Balls said the «tiny fraction» of schools becoming academies represented a «further embarrassment for Michael Gove».

It is the first thing the head teacher Kim Sparling would change when this state school becomes an academy in September.

Not exact matches

The city's Palmer Park Preparatory Academy was recently on the cover of Education Week for becoming a teacher led school in which teachers take over administrative duties.

A recent report by the Academy of Finland warned that some schools in the country's large cities were becoming more skewed by race and class as affluent, white Finns choose schools with fewer poor, immigrant populations.

The Academy Route The present Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has urged Catholic Schools to become Academies, which are self - governing.

This could involve monies saved from the capital funding programme of Catholic schools which have become Academies.

(While this was also arguably the original goal of academies / universities centuries ago, the modern university model has become a vocational school of sorts — preparing students for success in future endeavors, rather than seeking discovery, enlightenment, and progress through the efforts of its constituents.

With high school basketball becoming so popular with shoe sponsors like Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Under Armour, etc, I won't be surprised if Van Komen goes to a prolific prep academy next year for his senior year.