Tag Archives: Statistics

Only 3% think education should be privatised

Posted on 14 March 2015 by Sara

A new survey out by YouGov, March 2015, shows the opinion of people about the preferred level of the private sector in running public services. The highest level of support for the public sector is in health, but education comes … Continue reading →

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Academy Conversions Slowing Down

Posted on 28 October 2014 by Sara

ACADEMIES, PERCEPTIONS, STATISTICS & FACTS

Four years after Michael Gove became Secretary of State for Education, and more than ten years after the very first academy opened, some fear that the academies programme has now gone too far to stop. Have most schools now become academies? Has the convertor programme proved popular and replaced the need for sponsored academies? Are primary schools converting at an increasing rate? What does the data tell us? Continue reading →

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Just 11% of English Primaries are academies

Posted on 20 March 2014 by AAA office

Just 11% of English Primary schools are academies, and primaries make up the vast bulk of schools. Clearly Michael Gove has a long way to go to reach his dream, and he is running out of time. Continue reading →

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National Secretary’s Report

Posted on 26 September 2013 by AAA office

Rumour has it that policy wonks in the DfE are hard at work on how to manage “market failures”.
Indeed the number of failing academies is soaring. But then ‘failure’ is hardwired into a system of rationed exam success, the ever-changing goalpost of OFSTED and unbridled greed of ‘social entrepreneurs’ who now claim they have a special responsibility to transform education. Peter Hyman – pass the sick bucket please. Continue reading →

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Documentary on academies wins award.

Posted on 18 September 2013 by AAA office

An Academic Debate? Long Form News/Factual Winner  An investigation into how the cost of the government’s academy schools programme went from nominal to astronomical and an assessment of the new education landscape created by the academies policy. Submitted by Paul … Continue reading →

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