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He added: «We know that for some academies there is more to do - which is hardly surprising when many of these are most likely to include sponsored academies which have a history of low performance in their former schools.»

The first, Steiner Academy Hereford, is a sponsored Academy which opened in 2008.

Not exact matches

Focusing on the three decade long revolutionary period of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, and sponsored by the British Academy, this project, has gathered original sources to create a university - level online curriculum through which to teach or learn about the Palestinian revolution through the eyes of the participants.

However it fits in with the Church's previously announced expansion plans, with the previous Archbishop of Canterbury having declared that because of the Academies programme, «We are looking at the middle - term future, where the Church of England will be quite conceivably the largest sponsor and provider of secondary education in this country, which is a rather startling and breathtaking proposal.»

The development of this technological innovation has not only led to the creation of the company INNTECVER, S.A. de C.V., it was also chosen to participate in the Leaders in Innovation Fellowships 2015 program sponsored by the Newton Foundation and the Royal Academy of Engineering of Great Britain, which selects success stories of technology transfer and entrepreneurship worldwide.

The summit kicked off Tuesday morning at the headquarters of the National Academy of Sciences, which is one of the sponsors, along with the National Academy of Medicine, the Royal Society (United Kingdom), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

«The Academy will supplement the traditional process in which current members sponsor new members by launching an ambitious, global campaign to identify and recruit qualified new members who represent greater diversity,» AMPAS said in a press release at the time.

Candidates must either be sponsored by two Academy members from the branch to which the candidate seeks admission or selected at - large by the Executive Director of the Black Reel Awards.

The nonprofit Independent Film Project, which sponsors the awards, will present them on the beach in Santa Monica on Feb. 26, the day before the Academy Awards.

This is the first academy chain to give up all of its schools, of which five of the 12 sponsored by the group are rated as «inadequate».

Academies which are underachieving will be «required to demonstrate they can improve significantly, or face the possibility of being moved to another sponsor».

The commissioning of academies is currently undertaken by two separate bodies: the Education Funding Agency (EFA), which is an executive agency of the DfE responsible for funding schools, and the Schools Commissioner Group (SCG), which is part of the DfE responsible for matching schools to academy sponsors.

Since September 2010, 2,949 Primary Schools have become academies, 943 of which are «sponsored academies» — with sponsors including businesses, universities, other schools, faith groups or voluntary groups, who have majority control of the academy trust.

Focus Education, which is set to host a series of «Becoming an Academy» events this summer providing insight and guidance on how to approach the transition, is the sponsor of the charitable multi-academy trust, Focus Trust, which was established in 2013.

The Sutton Trust report - Chain Effects 2017 - written by Merryn Hutchings and Becky Francis, which is now in its fourth year, looks at the results of disadvantaged pupils in academy chains with at least two sponsored academies for at least three years.

«North Yorkshire County Council supports the application from Heathfield Academy Trust, which already sponsors a number of schools near Catterick and who the DfE identified as a potential sponsor for the new school in Catterick.

The government's Education and Adoption Bill will give RSCs responsibility for converting coasting and failing council - maintained schools into academies, while finding new sponsors for those academies which are not up to scratch.

However, the research did outline that the smaller number of «sponsored» academies which were previously under - achieving, made more progress when they became academies.

It set up an academy trust to sponsor Messing Primary School, which was in special measures at the time.

Furthermore, Ofsted inspection ratings were more likely to increase in schools that became sponsored academies 2002 - 2009 which corroborated Key Stage 4 performance gains.

As National Director for Strategy and Quality Improvement for Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT)-- which has sponsored academies since 2009, and currently has 36 academies (30 secondary, five primary, and one all - through special school)-- Amelia will be responsible for OAT's overall policy and planning work, its fundraising strategy and its corporate goAcademies Trust (OAT)-- which has sponsored academies since 2009, and currently has 36 academies (30 secondary, five primary, and one all - through special school)-- Amelia will be responsible for OAT's overall policy and planning work, its fundraising strategy and its corporate goacademies since 2009, and currently has 36 academies (30 secondary, five primary, and one all - through special school)-- Amelia will be responsible for OAT's overall policy and planning work, its fundraising strategy and its corporate goacademies (30 secondary, five primary, and one all - through special school)-- Amelia will be responsible for OAT's overall policy and planning work, its fundraising strategy and its corporate governance.

The Academy is delivered in partnership with a national construction company, which sponsored the capital build and design costs and has committed to taking all graduates on as apprentices for the next 2/3 years.

Heath Monk, executive director of the King Edward VI Foundation, which runs five grammar schools and one «good» non-selective academy in Birmingham, also cautioned against an expectation that all grammar schools would make good academy sponsors.

However the DfE highlighted a number of facts which they said show academies are having a positive impact on young people, including that sponsored academies have GCSE results more than six per cent above their predecessor schools, compared to 1.3 per cent higher in non-academies.

Mr Herrington said that such efforts may involve pairing struggling schools with others, but would also involve working with academy sponsors to find out if there were additional ways in which they could be supported, including through things such as the DfE's new Talented Leaders programme which encourages high - performing headteachers to consider working in lower - performing parts of the country.

Indiana, for example, which has sponsored a state - level leadership academy for principals since 1985, has begun hosting study councils for superintendents.

Some sponsored academies have been around for a few years which raises the question how far do academies go to show this rate of improvement?

It is run by the educational trust CfBT, which already sponsors two academies and is working on two further free school proposals.

But almost all schools which were inadequate and became academies after 2010 did so through the sponsor route.

«That is why we are replacing failing schools with sponsored academies, which are proven to raise standards, opening new free schools where parents want them and introducing a more rigorous curriculum, with qualifications that match the world's best.»

Or, it could be that all the sponsored inadequate academies are included — in which case I am still concerned about the lack of effect.

The Children's Guild's Monarch Academy Annapolis Public Charter School students are looking forward to having a little fun this week, April 16th - April 20th with the team from the Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation (MAEF), which sponsors mobile laboratories that travel to schools in Maryland.

Where Ofsted rates an academy as «inadequate», the school can face «instant intervention», which could mean being rapidly taken over by another sponsor.

«BMAT STEM Academy, which remains a university technical college sponsored by Anglia Ruskin University, has already seen significant changes in curriculum and quality of teaching,» said Helena Mills, BMAT's chief executive.

Three of the four schools run by Midland Academies Trust, which is sponsored by North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College, are rated «requires improvement»; two have fallen from «good» since the trust took over and another only recently rose from «inadequate».

However, the report added: «There was tentative evidence of a trend towards greater improvement the longer a sponsored academy is open, which is consistent with previous research.

The limited nature of the sponsor pool, together with an inefficient (and competitively stagnant) brokering system for matching schools in need of assistance with viable sponsors, have also resulted in the untenable situation in which almost half of the sponsored academies that have had an inspection post-intervention are themselves rated «inadequate» or «requiring improvement».

Funds are only given to trusts supporting either an «inadequate» - rated maintained school that is not converting to academy status, or an «inadequate» academy which is not moving sponsor.

The Wakefield City Academies Trust (WCAT) will no longer sponsor Hanson academy, in Bradford, after it finishes a 12 - month «try before you buy» period in which it provided support to the school.

«Local authority - funded appointments have strengthened school leadership... Local authority officers and consultants have provided accurately targeted and constructive support for leadership and teaching in English and mathematics... The local authority and the proposed academy sponsor have built a positive working relationship which is supporting the transition to academy status.»

The Aldborough free school is being set up by the E-ACT charity which already sponsors 11 academies.

Roy has played a key part in establishing NET as an academy sponsor in 2012 and in setting up the NET Academies Trust, which now oversees 6 primary schools in England.

The boards and their regulators will be given delegated powers, allowing them «to investigate and change the sponsors and management of failing academies or free schools», according to the Guardian, which has seen a leaked document on the plan.

There are wide variations within the academy category, with sponsored academies, which are forced into academy status after poor Ofsted ratings, predictably faring worse than converter academies, which must be rated good or outstanding before being allowed to convert.

The retired property tycoon and former Labour donor put up nearly # 2.5 million to sponsor the school, which became the first all - through academy in the country.

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I was grateful for the opportunity to be part of such a learning experience last week at Education Week's Leaders to Learn From forum (which the Leadership Academy proudly sponsored).

This allows you to see which academies are within each single or multi-academy Trust, which schools are supported by which approved sponsor, and, if the school is a converter or sponsored academy, which school was the predecessor school.

The principle is that schools can start to be turned around before the conversion to «sponsor academy» status - the current main mechanism for addressing failure, by which schools are put under new management.

Another barred sponsor, the Phoenix Multi-Academy Trust which ran four schools at the time of its pause, has since merged with the Boston Witham Academies Federation (BWAF).