BrainCan - academies

making schools become academies puts democracy at...

The Guardian defines an academy as independent of local authorities” (contrivance to turn all...

the guardian view on forced academisation: time to...

Rushing all schools into academy status will overstretch the Whitehall bureaucrats and risk the...

academies guilty of the most blatant gaming of...

Educating Essex headteacher Vic Goddard says students with special needs risk fitting second-course...

what is an academy?

Academy schools,under the original government's plans, are set to become the 'the...

the guardian view on schools reform: bad...

Nicky Morgan insists you cant stand still,but she has yet to interpret how making every school an...

this academies plan doesn t address schools real...

Many people are angry approximately George Osborne’s design to make all of England’s schools...

tory education plans will create schools like...

whether the government is not going to back down on academisation,there are changes that would make...

no wonder ministers are wary of converting all...

With schools battling cuts,teacher shortages and crowded classrooms, the government should not spend...

take heart - the monstrous academy system is...

An Isle of Wight academy trust has been driven off the island and its failing school returned to...

democratic fightback against forced academisation...

The plan to force all schools into academy status has nothing to achieve with educational standards...

don t rule out a forced retreat on forced...

David Cameron tells the Commons he’s pressing on with his plans,but opposition from Conservatives...

the tories have blundered in bringing their...

Comprehensive schools had been converting to academies by stealth,but George Osborne’s hubristic...

making all schools academies imperils children s...

I introduced academies,but this government’s top-down approach threatens to ruin the entire...

private schools don t need to sponsor an academy...

Ofsted’s Michael Wilshaw misunderstands the independent sector: schools with the resources of an...

osborne s academy plan is smashing thatcher s...

Even Margaret Thatcher demanded transparency from public bodies – but now her biggest fan is...

state sector eton for inner city boarders fails...

There are many questions for the government to acknowledge approximately problems over plans for...

uk education secretary appeals to businesses to...

Nicky Morgan urges commerce leaders to ‘join the schools revolution’ amid fears over shortage of...

tory mps call for academies plan to be dropped...

Backbenchers to meet education secretary Nicky Morgan as whips warn of Commons defeatTory MPs are...

schools do not need more tory dogma | observer...

Schools do not need more Tory dogma on educationSince the opening of the first academy schools...

we re changing lives, says head of outstanding...

In Hampshire,teachers and parents are baffled by the novel proposals – and even the county’s...

parents out, chief executives in: our schools will...

Nicky Morgan’s plans to force all schools to become academies will unleash the market and remove...

senior executives leave struggling academy chain -...

In our diary: change of guard at Woodward Academy Trust. Plus: schools executives match Cameron for...

headteachers union chief slams government over...

Kim Johnson is to address NAHT’s annual conference to express dismay at the government’s...

academies plan turns schools into businesses, says...

ATL leader Mary Bousted tells conference forced academisation will not boost educational standards...

ofsted chief criticises academy chains

Sir Michael Wilshaw criticises performance of seven multi-academy trust chains,saying they are no...

harris academies boss s salary nudges £400k after...

In our diary: Is Sir Daniel Moynihan the world’s highest-paid school leader? Plus: Harris pupils...

mps criticise failure to tackle excessive salaries...

Government under fire over series of shortcomings,including feeble rules governing related party...

will government plans lead to 1,000 academy chiefs...

In our diary: schools commissioner estimates payroll costs of academisation; Bromley council...

west sussex council opposes government s academies...

Tory-led council tells education secretary it is united against proposal to turn all state schools...

academy chains come under fire from ofsted chief

Sir Michael Wilshaw criticises performance of seven multi-academy trust chains,saying they are no...

largest academy chain letting down too many...

Ofsted says AET’s secondary performance ‘mediocre’ and proportion of advantageous or better...

40,000 children trapped in zombie academy...

Education ministers urged to investigate after failed trusts leave pupils in limboThe government has...

local authority schools outperform academies,...

86% of council-sprint schools in England rated capable or outstanding by Ofsted,compared with 82%...

community fights to save village school from...

Whitfield primary may be the hub of its Northumberland community,but without an academy sponsor it...

councils decry governments academy schools land...

Some liken plans to transfer ownership of school land from local authorities to central government...

academy schools plan faces cross party opposition...

Local government leaders demand the government drops controversial project to turn state schools...

they ve gone bonkers: tory councillors angry with...

Councillors from Tory heartlands such as Hampshire and Oxfordshire fill expressed dismay at plans to...

the teachers who plan to quit over george osborne...

The chancellor’s plans to do all schools academies by 2022 are prompting teachers to say they will...

ask us before turning a school into an academy,...

The schools minister has said consultations on academies could be unnecessary,but a poll suggests...

academy chain gives up control of school after...

Whitehaven academy in Cumbria is to seek a new sponsor as brilliant Tribe trust pulls out following...

teacher shortages of greater concern than full...

Sir Daniel Moynihan,head of one of the largest academy chains, warns many teachers are priced out of...

michael rosen on academy schools: local democracy...

The government’s insistence that all schools become academies sweeps aside input from...

academy chain helps itself to pupil premium money

In our diary: should money for deprived pupils be diverted to management HQ?; Durham county council...

school s out for harris academy teachers...

In our diary: up to a third of Harris teachers leave each year; good-looking payments for Bright...

schools ministers academy drops plans for longer...

Parents complain 45-minute extension at Future Academies,established by Lord Nash and his wife, will...

lauded academy chain to be stripped of schools...

Concerns raised approximately payments to chief executive of Perry Beeches trust,which runs five...

top academy schools sound alarm as cash crisis...

Major trusts warn over pay,staff levels and maintenance costsMore than half of the major operators...

racist language as academy chief has a clarkson...

Creative Education Trust director of education used offensive term in assembly with senior...

schools plan could lead to 10,000 multi academy...

Nicky Morgan blames ‘fear of the unknown’ for schools’ reluctance,and admits primary teachers...

the academy chiefs of the future? they...

In our diary: academy chains with a gender problem; David Carter’s revealing slideshow; one man...

every english school to become an academy,...

Education bill,set to be published within days, will bewitch every single school in England out of...

britain s comprehensive schools are being wiped...

It’s an odd way to conduct education policy promoting academies and starving schools of funds....

questions over pr firm s dual role in academy...

In our diary: public relations executives,or independent consultants, or both? Queries over Hewett...

academy chain s fees for consultants put schools...

Griffin Schools Trust paid more than £800000 in two years to consulting companies in which its...

revealed: taxpayer funded academies paying...

Calls for Department for Education scrutiny over firms linked to directors paid millions for...

cameron hints at concession over councils working...

PM says although all schools will need to become academies,they can still gather the support of...

academy plans pose significant risk to government...

National Audit Office says no clear view of academies’ spending and rates education department’s...

primary school head quits teaching over tory...

Jeremy Gargan tells parents at Co Durham school he cannot continue teaching within ‘an education...

dozens of academy schools need bailouts from...

Flagship schools under pressure as beleaguered trusts face mounting deficitsOperators of dozens of...

cameron to press ahead with plan to turn all...

PM says schools have nothing to scare after Jeremy Corbyn confronts him with criticism of intention...

labour seeks help from tory backbenchers to block...

Shadow education secretary says plan to force all state schools to become academies will create...

teachers heckle schools minister over academy...

Nick Gibb jeered at union conference as he defends plans to take all English schools out of local...

school academy plan doomed to fail , warns...

Former education secretary baffled by proposals to reform school approachFormer education secretary...

academisation and a school system on the brink |...

Tuesday’s Guardian showed the desperate plight of our education system. Peter Wilby (Parents...

nicky morgan under fire over mumsnet post on...

Hostile reaction from parents to education secretary’s guest post,with her plans condemned as...

nicky morgan warns teachers: no reverse gear for...

Education secretary meets frosty reception at NASUWT conference for reforms that would affect every...

too many senior staff in academies?

Academies are stuffed with senior staff on large salaries. Wouldn't taxpayers' money be...

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