Sentences with phrase «under local authority»

Thanks to that expertise and the support of headteacher boards, they are able to take swift and targeted action to tackle underperformance rather than schools being left to stagnate under local authority control.

The irony is that the most stable schools are likely to be those which remained under local authority stewardship.

However, a report on the outcome of the consultation has instead recommended to the council's cabinet that just one school is closed, and that Haydon Bridge, which is currently run by a DfE - appointed interim board, be taken back under local authority oversight and given # 1.54 million to support it until a new sponsor is found.

Of the 26 maintained mainstream schools under local authority control in the area, seven have a predicted deficit by the end of this academic year, 10 are predicting one the end of 2018 - 19, and 12 by 2019 - 20.

Whitehaven was under local authority oversight until January 2014, when it was taken over by Bright Tribe.

«That compares with the years and even decades of neglect many schools suffered under local authority control.»

Labour says the changes will benefit more privileged neighbourhoods and that the best schools will be able to «suck the best teachers and the extra money», leaving those left under local authority being regarded as second best.

The irony is that in the future it will be stand - alone schools under local authority stewardship which will have the greatest freedom.

It could include # 2.5 billion for the pupil premium (Lib Dems), three million apprenticeships (Conservative), ensuring all teachers are qualified (Labour), bringing free schools and academies under local authority control (Green) or schools investigated by Ofsted on the presentation of a petition to the DfE signed by 25 per cent of parents or governors (UKIP)... or something entirely different.

He added: «Regional Schools Commissioners are using their local knowledge to hold schools to account and thanks to that expertise, and the support of head teacher boards, they are able to take swift and targeted action to tackle underperformance rather than schools being left to stagnate under local authority control.»

More pupils leave schools when they become sponsored academies than when they are under local authority control, a new report has shown.

When I express incredulity at the feasibility of rolling back the entire system and placing schools under local authority control, Courtney admits that a «phased approach» would be necessary.

New figures have cast further doubt on the government's assertion that becoming an academy improves schools — revealing inadequate schools have more chance of improving by staying under local authority control.

Schools remaining under Local Authority control are not eligible to claim the Employment Allowance; however Academies and Free Schools may be entitled to claim.

The plans outline that every school will be in the process of being converted into an academy by 2020, with no schools remaining under local authority control by 2022.

Currently, school nutrition and exercise policies are diluted by an opt - in position among academies and free schools, and are not always observed by schools under the Local Authority.

After the case, an HSE inspector said: «Although the school had not been under local authority control since 2011, it failed to ensure employees and management received adequate training to make up for the loss of local authority support and ensure that a suitable asbestos management plan was in place.»

Hugh Thornbery CBE, chief executive of Adoption UK, said: «Adopted children can be under local authority care one day and then adopted the next, so their needs do not change overnight.

If there is no successful opposition, then the policies to renationalise rail, bring schools back under local authority control, or whatever are irrelevant.

The Harris Academy in Peckham has increased the number of students getting five good GCSEs — from 12 percent when it was under local authority control to almost 90 percent now.

When that school was under local authority control two years ago, thirty - one percent of pupils got five good passes at GCSE including English and Maths.

But to truly understand the impact they are having on our education system, we need to examine the facts — how they are performing in comparison to schools under local authorities (LAs) in terms of student achievement, wellbeing, level of progression and so on.

Not exact matches

Under a program called Secure Communities, state and local law enforcement agencies shared arrest information with federal immigration authorities, and detained immigrant criminal offenders.

The Arbitrator, and not any federal, state or local court or agency, shall have the exclusive authority to resolve any dispute arising under or relating to the validity, interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of these Terms of Service and / or these arbitration provisions in Section 26 hereof, including but not limited to any claim that all or any part of these Terms of Service is void or voidable;

An NHS England spokesman said: «All health bodies and local authorities with responsibility for adult social care are required under the Equality Act to ensure that no patient is discriminated against.

No taxing authority is asserting or threatening to assert a claim against the Company under or as a result of Section 482 of the Code or any similar provision of any foreign, state or local Tax law.

The monetary authority stepped in to prop up the local currency, the first such intervention under a system that dates to 2005.

The children's accounts of the visions were consistent and they did not flinch under considerable pressure from their families and others, and even under some rather brutal treatment by the local authorities.

Since Academy schools are not under the control of local authorities, it is a source of great wonder to me that all Catholic maintained schools have not opted for this status; it is an even greater wonder that the Catholic diocesan authorities are, it seems, actually discouraging the governors of Catholic schools from exercising their legal right to opt for Academy status.

But it was just the opposite; grant maintained schools had far more autonomy than schools under the thumb of the local education authority.

«While we are glad to see and commend the local authorities under international pressure acted swiftly and fairly to resolve the church's land with this right decision, we are still deeply concerned about the justice for this family of martyr which is still not done,» stated Bob Fu, China Aid's president.

As summarised below, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office will continue to work with the Murray Darling Basin Authority, state agencies, research organisations, regional organisations, local groups and others, such as landholders to collect and collate relevant monitoring information that facilitates evaluation and reporting of the use of water under the Basin Plan.

Under the law, local authorities need to publish an overall scheme and action plan for promoting gender equality, covering all areas where gender equality issues are deemed to be relevant.

The southwest suburbs abound with pools, most under the authority of the local park districts.

As a specific indicator, monitoring breastfeeding (under Domain 2) requires local authorities to prioritise breastfeeding support locally and to increase breastfeeding initiation and prevalence.

However, local authorities have duties under Children Missing Education (see our «Children Missing Education» page under «HE and the Law»).

This is because this type of institution is by definition a school set up to discharge a local authority's duties under section 19 (1) of the Education Act 1996 in relation to children of compulsory school age.

A local authority must keep the ongoing need for an EHC plan under review.

Where a student aged 19 (or over but under 25) arrives at college and, based on the institution's assessment, is likely to need additional support costing over # 6,000, the institution can request a statutory assessment for an EHC plan from the student's local authority.

Therefore variations in the value of element 1 between individual high needs students according to what programme they are studying are not relevant to the amount that a local authority will pay in top - up funding under element 3.

It is also possible, however, depending on the range and type of services on offer, for such provision to be a centrally funded service commissioned by the local authority, normally under a service level agreement with the school or academy.

Under the finance regulations, local authorities have the flexibility to make changes to the number of pre-16 places funded in maintained schools and PRUs.

Hospital education is defined as «education provided at a community special school or foundation special school established in a hospital, or under any arrangements made by the local authority under section 19 of the 1996 Act [ie the Education Act 1996](exceptional provision of education), where the child is being provided with such education by reason of a decision made by a medical practitioner».

Where a young person aged 19 (or over but under 25) arrives at college and, based on the institution's assessment, is likely to need additional support costing over # 6,000, the institution can request a statutory assessment for an EHC plan from the young person's local authority.

We also need a change in law so that no one is turned away from their local authority and forced to sleep rough because they do not qualify for support under the categories of priority need.

And it features the proposed creation of a new major road network, which would see a share of the annual National Road Fund, funded by VED, given to local authorities to improve or replace the most important A roads under their management.

Mr. Speaker, we note that several transition programs run under the various government institutions and agencies including the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, the National Vocational and Technical Institute (NVTI), Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET), Youth Enterprises Support and the Youth Employment Authority, have targeted non-tertiary graduates.

«Under current law the state Department of Correction has tremendous authority to oversea all correctional facilities, including local ones,» he said.

Under the provisions of the academies bill schools will be given the opportunity to become academies, freeing them of control by local authorities.

In 1993, the Conservative government introduced Rent to Mortgage: a scheme under which tenants unable to afford the full (discounted) price of their property could pay for just part of the home initially, sharing ownership with the local authority until the full price was paid.