Sentences with phrase «schools converted»

That makes 145 charters approved since passage of the charter law in December 1998, including several regular public («district») schools converted to charter status...

In December last year, Schools Week revealed that RSCs» annual performance will be judged on a set of indicators, including the number of schools converted to academy status, and how many academies in their region are judged as inadequate.

Of today's academies, 6,996 schools converted to academy status from maintained schools, while 476 were set up as free schools.

or that the charter schools converted them?

Due diligence and careful accounting is vital to avoid the sorts of problems we saw last time many schools converted in 2011.

However, the remaining four schools all converted within the timeline, with one, Denaby Main Primary, moving to Astrea Academy Trust in a rapid four months.

In total, IPS and The Mind Trust have plans to convert 15 % of IPS» schools (or nine schools) to Innovation Network School status over the next several years, in addition to any schools converted using the Educator Empowerment Grant.

The Senate proposals fund schools to support struggling children, and schools converted to charters must serve the neighborhood children.

Over the past year, 1,120 schools converted to academy status and the number of multi-academy trusts registered to take over schools increased from 800 to around 1,000.

Councils potentially at risk of being branded as failing and having all their schools converted into academies — under new government plans revealed today — are overwhelmingly Labour - run.

It also would have allowed an unlimited number of «conversion» charters: existing public schools converted to charters if they failed to make adequate progress on test scores...

Over the same period, 1,573 mainly underperforming schools converted with the support of a sponsor.

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday observed that there are about three million out of school children, roaming the streets of the state, as Almajirai — pupils of Quranic schools converted to beggars.

This creates a process that is more analogous to that of when a VC school converts to a VA school — what has to happen in the maintained sector before VC schools are able to alter their admissions policies.

«If proposals within the Education White Paper go forward and all schools convert to academies, councils must be given powers to force schools to expand where this is in the best interests of new and existing pupils.

In a recent study called «Sector Switchers: Why Catholic Schools Convert to Charters and What Happens Next,» Andrew Kelly and I examined a set of schools that tried to get the best of both educational worlds by «converting» from Catholic schools to charter schools when their enrollment dipped below sustainable levels.

This will be backed by a clear statement on when schools convert to academy status to drive improvement.

Under arrangements for schools converting to academies, town halls are responsible for meeting the upfront costs of the switch, which include payments to close any deficit and any legal fees.

In contrast, where schools convert by being absorbed into an existing MAT where the central management infrastructure is already in place, the process can be expected to run more smoothly.

Whilst the EFA require local authorities to continue to manage these contracts if a school converts to an academy, it is becoming increasingly obvious that some local authorities are struggling to do so effectively with the pressure of funding cuts and the decimation of local authority teams.

A survey conducted by the public services union, Unison, has found that as more schools convert to academy status, the role of school business managers (SBM's) is becoming increasingly pressured.

Councils had to spend more than # 22m covering the costs of schools converting to academy status in the last two years, even though they are moving free from local authority control and are funded from Whitehall.

The DfE expectation, as outlined in the white paper, is that most schools converting to academy status will be expected to do so by either forming or joining a MAT unless they are «successful and sustainable alone» — but even when classed as such, going it alone will not necessarily be the best course of action.

Referenced in Education Secretary Nicky Morgan's white paper «Educational Excellence Everywhere», the Memorandums of Understanding's state that the Church will have a final say on whether schools convert to academy status.

Where a school converts by the sponsored method, any debt built up by that school generally remains with the council, whereas with the converter method, this is not always the case.

Over 75 per cent of respondents said their workload had increased since their school converted to academy status.

Many schools converting to academy status have been excited by their new freedom to choose suppliers.

Most private schools convert to charter status in order to offer their educational vision to additional or more diverse students using public funds.

The burgeoning growth in the number of schools converting to academy status will mean that a large number of new individuals — from business and from the community at large — will be drawn into these schools» governing bodies.

She comments: «It is also worth remembering that things won't change if they don't grasp the nettle when the school converts to academy status.

Getting Started The first question we considered when the school converted to an...

It also seems that, after 2010, letting outstanding schools convert into becoming academies was also a good thing.

If an existing public school converts to a charter school, it would continue to receive the same share of local levy funding, but not be required to pay rent to the local school district, according to initiative documentation.

There is a mixed approach to TUPE and Head / Principal conditions where schools convert to academy status.

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.

The closure on 30 September 2014 was when the community school converted to academy status.

A Department for Education spokesperson said: «We expect councils to support schools converting to academies and do not expect to see them charging for this.

Of the MATs surveyed, 82 per cent reported that the creation of new opportunities to collaborate contributed to the decision of their schools to become academies and 40 per cent believed this was the main reason for their schools converting.

If you're a school converting to academy status, ask your solicitor or legal adviser to use the document on this page to record the contracts and staff transferring from the school to the academy.

The school converted from the Lord Silkin School, which was rated as good in September 2012.

The first question we considered when the school converted to an academy in March 2015 was, «how do you get started on a family and community engagement initiative?»

Millions of pounds of debt has been inherited by councils across England as schools convert to academies, a BBC investigation has revealed.

This statement: «The MOUs state that the Church will have a final say on whether schools convert to academy status.»

In 2012, education chiefs in Birmingham refused to write off at least # 1.3 million of debts owed by schools converting to academies.

The investigative juggernaut came out with a story headlined «Failing Charter Schools Have a Reincarnation Plan,» about failing charter schools converting to privates in search of voucher and tax credit revenue.

A tenfold increase in the number of English schools converting to academies has meant # 1bn in extra costs, says the government's spending watchdog.

The disclosure is potentially contentious as it could show that RSCs are still judged on how many schools they convert into academies, a criterion criticised as a conflict of interests after it was first exposed by Schools Week in 2014.

Proposals for expanding selective schools are due in the coming weeks, with existing schools converting to become grammars mooted as one option.

If you are the headteacher or chair of governors of a local - authority - maintained school converting to an academy, you must complete the following steps.

In the academies annual report and accounts for 2015 to 2016 the department revealed it would rate its regional schools commissioners on the number and percentage of failing maintained schools converting within nine months, making it one of their «key performance indicators».