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.»
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.
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.
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.
Labour argued the changes would benefit more privileged neighbourhoods and that the best schools would suck in the best teachers and resources, leaving those
left under local authority control regarded as second best.
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.
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.
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.
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.
More pupils leave schools when they become sponsored academies than when they are
under local authority control, a new report has shown.
Pupils were also more likely to leave schools when they become sponsored academies than when they were
under local authority control, Schools Week reported.