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Does ‘academies only’ sponsorship policy waste educational expertise?
The Sutton Trust was cited in a report on academies by Liz Lightfoot in the Guardian Colin Harris is known as a maverick. He is also the head of one…
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Teacher opposition to academies grows
More than half of secondary school teachers in England and Wales (53%) do not think that setting up city academies is an appropriate way of raising standards in deprived areas,…
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More academies and free schools turn to admissions lottery arrangements to prevent all the places from being taken by rich parents
Richard Garner in the Independent cites The Sutton Trust’s report on secondary school admissions. A growing number of academies and free schools are resorting to lotteries for places to determine…
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Teachers support Tomlinson, but more cautious over academies
…shows less enthusiasm for the Government’s plans to set up 200 academies, at a cost of over £20 million each. Only 6% of teachers strongly supported this initiative, while 20%…
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Ministers urged to ensure all academies learn lessons from strongest school chains
…pupils. The findings, based on the performance of disadvantaged youngsters attending academies in 39 chains between 2013 and 2015, shows that across the sponsored academies in the best chains, the…
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Sutton Trust academies research discussed on Week in Westminster
Sutton Trust research on academies was discussed on Radio 4’s Week in Westminster, in a discussion chaired by Isabel Hardman with Stephen Timms MP and Robin Jackson MP. Listen to…