…currently at Academies is a cause for concern. The proportion has dropped from 45.3% in 2003 to 29% in 2008. This reflects a decline in FSM rates in older Academies…
Academies: improving outcomes?
Sir Peter Lampl explores the policy implications of our latest research on academies. Academies were started in 2000 to alter the fortunes of failing schools that disproportionately served students from…
BALLOTS AND BANDING ON THE RISE, ESPECIALLY IN ACADEMIES, AS SCHOOLS SEEK FAIRER INTAKES
A small but growing number of schools, mainly sponsored academies, are using ability banding or random allocation (ballots) as part of their admissions criteria, according to new Sutton Trust research…
Chain Effects 2018
…than twisting again (Schools Week) https://schoolsweek.co.uk/lets-stick-with-academies-rather-than-twisting-again/ Who is to blame for performance of poor pupils in academies? (Schools Improvement Net) https://schoolsimprovement.net/who-is-to-blame-for-performance-of-poor-pupils-in-academies/ Majority of academies ”fail disadvantaged children” (Mix 96) https://www.mix96.co.uk/news/national/2765499/majority-of-academies-fail-disadvantaged-children/…
Sutton Trust reacts to pre-Budget announcement on academies and longer school day
…in Chain Effects. We find that while a third of chains performed above average on attainment (for all schools and academies for their poorest pupils), and half have improved since…
UK study raises concerns over ‘coasting’ academies
…and secondary academies, City of London, which runs three academies, and the Harris Federation, which runs 36 academies. In these networks, the proportion of disadvantaged students achieving five A* to…