NFER also found wide variation in the proportion of
sponsored academies across regions.
Not exact matches
«What is clear is that the picture is highly variable
across the country and, in the case of
sponsored academies,
across chains.»
Sponsored
academies are transforming some of the most challenging schools
across the country, tackling decades of failure and mediocrity — new
sponsors should be given the best possible opportunity to tackle these issues and transform pupils» education.»
Funding is an issue
across the board, and
academies are seen by many as an increasingly attractive alternative to the traditional model, whether they are
sponsored academies, or converted local authority schools.
The National
Academy Foundation, launched over 30 years ago by Sanford Weill, then - CEO of American Express and later Citigroup, currently
sponsors 667
academies across the country.
Five
academy sponsors will be handed grants totalling nearly # 5m to «drive up standards» in schools
across the north of England, education secretary Nicky Morgan will announce tomorrow.
More than 30 teaching posts are reportedly under threat
across schools
sponsored by the University of Chester
Academy Trust (UCAT).
The Trust was originally established by the National Education Trust (NET), a charity set up in 2006 to focus on school improvement
across the country, and already
sponsors 7
academies.
Of the types of
academy,
sponsored academies performed the worst
across all areas, while free schools were the best - performing.