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Sara Tomlinson debates Academies
Sara Tomlinson debates academies with Education Editor of the Sunday Times Sian Griffiths Continue reading
School’s out for Harris academy teachers in turnover that ‘should ring alarm bells’
One of England’s largest and most successful academy chains is seeing hundreds of teachers leave its schools each year, to be replaced by new staff. More than 1,000 teachers have left schools in the Harris Federation over the past three academic years, according to a freedom of information request provided to Bridget Chapman, chair of the Anti Academies Alliance. Continue reading
‘The government is privatising our school system – and disregarding parents, teachers and communities’
Ahead of the release of the government’s new Education Bill, education secretary Nicky Morgan has defended plans to turn more schools into academies, at a faster rate. Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, argues that the move will not benefit pupils.
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Nicky Morgan is wrong – the evidence for academies doesn’t add up
The education secretary Nicky Morgan has launched a bill designed to sweep away any obstacles when as many as 1,000 “struggling” schools convert to academies. It is designed to prevent appeals and reviews, and will impose a new duty on councils and governing bodies, whatever they believe is best for their children, to actively support the change to academy status. Continue reading
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Staff and parents strike again over Willesden school academy plans
Campaigners for a Willesden primary school were back on the picket line this week fighting plans to turn it into an academy and will do it again next week if pleas are not heard. Continue reading
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Tagged Forced academisation, Strikes
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