Academy watch


Henry Stewart on academy performance
2 May 2012

Henry Stewart from the Local Schools Network speaking at the Haringey Schools Conference.
Henry has done devastating work on academy performance.

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30 Mar 2012

The Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) is the fastest growing Academy chain. There are questions about the extent of AET experience. Do they have the capacity to run 38 schools? Do they have sufficient primary experience?

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spotlight on sponsors
23 Mar 2012

The Harris Federation is a key player amongst academy chains and has played a leading role in developing academy policies since they were introduced by New Labour. The Federation is named after Lord Phillip Harris of Peckham, one of the richest men in Britain. Harris is a member of the Tory Party and has many large donations.

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14 Mar 2012

The government are using ‘brokers’ to tour schools that they consider to be ‘underperformingThese brokers are Gove’s fixers, bullying schools into becoming academies. How many are there?

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7 Mar 2012

Gove has now identified 96 Primary schools and 65 secondary schools which are to become sponsored academies, many against the wishes of staff and pupils. We have looked at the GCSE results for these schools, it does not fill you with confidence.

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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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