Sentences with phrase «within local authority school»

In response to a query from me on behalf of NCOGS he said:»... we want to ensure that the schools system continues to benefit from the expertise of the best people in local authority teams and it recognises that there is some very effective practice within local authority school improvement teams and we expect that the strongest people in them may establish new academy trusts or take up positions within existing ones.

Not exact matches

If it appears to a local education authority that a child of compulsory school age in their area is not receiving suitable education, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise, they shall serve a notice in writing on the parent requiring him to satisfy them within the period specified in the notice that the child is receiving such education.

Key recommendations for government in the report that won API support were: for play to be embedded within a Whole Child Strategy under the aegis of a Cabinet Minister for Children responsible for cross ‑ departmental roll out and co-ordination; for government to require local authorities to prepare children and young people's plans including strategies to address overweight and obesity with its physical, mental and emotional consequences; for funding for play to be ring - fenced within local authority budgets; to address barriers to outdoor play for children of all ages and abilities; to extend the Sport England Primary Spaces and Sport Premium programmes to all schools with a broader scope to incorporate a wide variety of physical literacy activities including play; to communicate through public information campaigns to parents and families the value of active outdoor play, including risk or benefit assessment; and to improve public sector procurement practice for public play provision.

The statute that created the Excellence Commission allowed local school boards to petition the state board of education to retain exclusive authority to sanction charter schools within their districts.

Until recently the majority of schools within the state sector have relied on the Local Education Authority to arrange their insurance.

Conversion to academy status will not appeal to every school, many of which will be happy to remain within local authority control.

Fifty - nine per cent were aware of discriminatory practices within their school and not one teacher had undertaken school or local authority - led equalities training during the previous two years

A series of freedom of information (FoI) requests were sent to Britain's 433 local authorities and, of the 322 that replied, only 140 said they placed pollution monitors within 10 metres of school grounds.

She says: «Many schools have chosen to stay within their local authorities for the practical support, help and advice local councils can give.

The idea was to drive budget authority and decision - making power down to the school level, allowing those in the trenches to respond to local needs and promoting diversity and flexibility within the system.

Local authorities can now only afford to send education psychologists to work within special educational needs schools, and not mental health issues in mainstream schools, she added.

If you think your school or local authority might be interested in replicating the Small Schools Taskforce pilot within a local cluster of schools, please email brad@schoolfoodpSchools Taskforce pilot within a local cluster of schools, please email brad@schoolfoodpschools, please email [email protected]

Changes to school provision, in the form of statutory school organisation proposals, are often necessary as part of local authority plans within the 21st Century Schools and Education Capital Programme.

They act on behalf of the secretary of state for education, performing some of the functions carried out by local authorities within their network of schools.

I was tasked with thinking through the role of local authorities within this new diverse education landscape where free schools, sponsored academies, converter academies and local authority schools all co-existed alongside each other.

We have a mixed picture both within academies and within community local authority - controlled schools,» he told BBC Radio 5 live.

Can a local authority enforce a school named on an Education, Health and Care Plan to meet a pupil's need, if that school is within a multi-academy trust and schools in MATs have no legal status?

To ensure that local authorities can start planning their budgets for next year with certainty, I do not intend to proceed, for 2017 to 2018, with proposals to create a new central schools block, allow local flexibility on the minimum funding guarantee or to ring - fence the schools block within the dedicated schools grant.

«Local authorities support schools in dealing with deficits and surpluses and will continue to monitor the levels of reserves within schools.»

The first week will include a «focused inspection activity» in which a number of section 5 and, in some cases, section 8 inspections of maintained schools within the local authority area will be carried out, together with a telephone survey of schools not under inspection.

Urgent action is needed to prevent a shortage of secondary school places in a third of local authorities in England within five years, councils say.

Can a local authority enforce a school named on an Education, Health and Care Plan to meet a pupil's need, if that school is within a multi-academy trust...

If the costs in 2018/19 are greater than the baseline year of 2017/18, local authorities will need some flexibility to manage these pressures within the overall formula, otherwise schools with these characteristics will be put at a disadvantage.

«The fig leaf of «parental choice», «school autonomy» and «raising standards» has finally been dropped and the government's real agenda has been laid bare — all schools removed from collaborative structures within a local authority family of schools, all schools instead run by remote academy trusts, unaccountable to parents, staff or local communities.»

The 32 local school boards were replaced by «Community Education Councils» consisting of parents elected by Parent Associations of elementary and middle schools in the community districts and given even less authority on school matters within those districts than the 1996 law.

«To ensure that local authorities can start planning their budgets for next year with certainty, I do not intend to proceed, for 2017 - 18, with proposals to create a new central schools block, allow local flexibility on the minimum funding guarantee or to ring - fence the schools block within the dedicated schools grant.

In addition, the government will bring forward legislation which will trigger conversion of all schools within a local authority in 2 specific circumstances:

Each school within the MAT has its own local governing body to whom delegated authority is clearly defined via a scheme of delegated authority.

In 65 local authority districts, fewer than 50 % of pupils have a good or outstanding school within 5 km of their homes.

It's madness to have hundreds of small MATs replicating legal, IT, payroll, school improvement and other functions when those functions already exist within much more efficient and arguably more effective (when you look at the data on performance of maintained schools versus academies) local authorities.

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The school or Local Authority do not have to provide answers to your questions but if a reply is not received within eight weeks of the request being sent or if the answers are unclear, then the Tribunal can take that into account when making its decision.

If you decide to use the procedure you will need to request information in writing from the school or Local Authority before you make a claim to SENTW or within 28 days of making a claim.