Sentences with phrase «secondary school conversion»
Pank Patel, regional schools commissioner (RSC) for the West Midlands, approved two secondary school conversion applications for schools in Redditch, Worcestershire.
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Carter suggested that primary schools and small schools would struggle more with the conversion than larger secondary schools, as they require greater support to tackle issues such as maternity cover.
Though England is voucher - averse, its charter - like sector is burgeoning, with more than half of all secondary schools now functioning as «academies» (we would say «conversion charters»), having successfully petitioned Whitehall to extricate them from district control.
There are some interesting models developing to encourage primary school conversions, including forming primary academy clusters with shared management and forging symbiotic relationships with neighbouring secondary academies.
In the years following conversion, a secondary school will typically see the average key stage 2 results of its year 7 pupils rise steadily with greater variation.
Jonathan Simons, head of education at the Policy Exchange think tank, said while some authorities may be able to operate improvement services now, the conversion of as few as one or two secondary schools could threaten its viability.
She said: «Up to now, governors at my secondary school do not foresee enough benefits for pupils from conversion for it to risk a potentially disastrous distraction from the school's core purpose of providing the best education it can.
With so many secondary schools already converted, and with the many primary schools unsuitable for conversion, it's «unclear» how feasible further academisation of large numbers will be.
Education Secretary Michael Gove said: «A third of secondary schools are now either an academy or have started on the road to conversion.
The government is also searching for a sponsor to take over the only secondary school on the Isles of Scilly, which is facing academy conversion after being put in special measures.