But council leaders say regional
schools commissioners lack the «capability and capacity» for the job and «could risk children's education».
«Regional
Schools Commissioners lack the capacity and local knowledge to have oversight of such a large, diverse and remote range of schools.
Not exact matches
An LGA report has said that Regional
Schools Commissioners (RSCs)
lack the «capability and capacity» to oversee
school improvement on a wide scale.
Commenting on the report, Roy Perry, Chairman of the Local Government Association's Children and Young People Board, said: «Councils remain concerned that Regional
Schools Commissioners still lack the capacity and local knowledge to have oversight of such a large, diverse and remote range of s
Schools Commissioners still
lack the capacity and local knowledge to have oversight of such a large, diverse and remote range of
schoolsschools.
Council leaders said they were concerned that
commissioners lacked «the capacity and local knowledge to have oversight of such a large, diverse and remote range of
schools».
Commenting on the response from Edward Timpson, Caroline Lucas MP said: «It is a real step forward that the Minister has committed to greater transparency to address the serious
lack of accountability of regional
schools commissioners and headteacher boards — not least as it seems clear the role and powers of RSCs are set to expand.
St Anthony's
School was handed a termination warning notice last week, after its regional
schools commissioner blasted trustees for
lacking the necessary skills to hold their headteacher properly to account.
But as troubling as Hollywood's problem is, there is another, much more consequential profession with an even more striking
lack of diversity: that of education leaders — in particular, state education
commissioners and
school district superintendents.
Sir David Carter, the national
schools commissioner, recently claimed that the idea that early sponsors failed because they grew too quickly was «a myth», Their problems were down to a
lack of a trust - wide improvement plan, he said.
In contrast, stand - alone academies, free
schools and academy chains, overseen by central Government (and their agencies such as the Education Funding Agency and Regional Schools Commissioners), lack transparency and are undemo
schools and academy chains, overseen by central Government (and their agencies such as the Education Funding Agency and Regional
Schools Commissioners), lack transparency and are undemo
Schools Commissioners),
lack transparency and are undemocratic.
A
lack of «shared practice» for regional
schools commissioners (RSCs) is leading to «inconsistencies» in the ways they are holding
schools to account, MPs have been told.
Then there are the governmental costs; a
lack of local lawyers means that small town governments and public entities (
school boards, county
commissioners, etc.) must pay outside lawyers to travel into town to handle local affairs.