…academies and maintained and independent schools from the OECD’s TALIS survey to establish what the characteristics of effective teachers are and how these characteristics are distributed across schools. Teachers in…
Sutton Trust influences debates on new education Bill
…to covert to academy status and partnered with a sponsor, while schools that are already academies could also be placed under new leadership or in a different academy chain. Shadow…
Will Hutton: As long as we are divided by our education system, Britons will never grow equally
…motivated; trade unions support higher standards; academies are working; even initiatives such as Teach First are making a measurable difference. Indeed, a recent Sutton Trust report found that there are…
Where have 30 years of parental choice left school admissions?
…an increase in the number of academies. Alongside voluntary-aided, free schools and faith schools, academies can set their own admissions policies. But I found that widespread compliance co-exists with continued…
Parliament and Policy: January 2015
…found that the typical student will now leave university with more than £44,000 in debt. The Education Select Committee published its report on Academies and Free Schools. It includes a…
Election consensus and challenges
…All the main parties broadly support a strong degree of autonomy for schools and will continue with academies. Labour may not introduce new free schools, but will allow new academies…