Research


9 Apr 2012

There is ample evidence that many of the 24 open free schools or those that are due to open later this year will have a negative impact on existing good or outstanding local schools.

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1 Mar 2012

It is often forgotten that we have had primary academies, as part of all-through academies, since 2002, giving plenty of time to assess their performance.

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23 Feb 2012

While the local authority rate for permanent exclusions is .14% and all academies are double this at .3% some academies exclude far higher numbers. 8 academies exclude more than 1% of their pupils with All Saints Academy Dunstable excluding 3.24%

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6 Feb 2012

It seems that only 1 in 10 academies can genuinely claim to be achieving even quite good results for disadvantaged pupils.

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6 Feb 2012

Unfortunately for academy supporters, one result of this narrowing down of curriculum and opting for easier ‘equivalent’ qualifications has been a very poor result for academies in terms of the Ebacc.

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Discuss...

  • Andrea Wilson says: Jane, The new Bolingbroke Academy has a very fair admissions procedure which was consulted on...
  • Stephen Cook says: I’ll try and get there on Wednesday.
  • Jane says: In her last post, Andrea is wrong on several counts. She is well aware of the campaign in Wandsworth to...
  • Musejs says: The poll on Free Schools mentioned above does NOT indicate that most parents are supportive of the...
  • Lucy Cooper says: I am reliably informed that at present there are 80 primary schools in Birmingham being forced into...

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