I thought I would try to get behind then numbers and information given out so far about Academies. They seem set to be a bit feature of education in the UK over the coming years and it makes sense to get to grips with the issues.
So, about 1100 schools have applied to become Academies since Michael Gove suggested that all could apply last week. Pretty good take up really. What is interesting is that more than 30% were NOT ‘outstanding’ so there is desire right across the spectrum.
What do you get if you become an academy?
How do you become an academy?
How will this change the complexion of schools across England (this doesn’t apply in NI, Scotland or Wales)?
Extrapolating up from the Outstanding Schools data (which is broken out) we get:
Academies will change lots about education and very quickly. How they will relate to New ‘Free’ Schools is anyones guess. I can’t see there being too many maintained schools in England at least if the Coalition Government lasts its full term.
I thought I would try to get behind then numbers and information given out so far about Academies. They seem set to be a bit feature of education in the UK over the coming years and it makes sense to get to grips with the issues.
So, about 1100 schools have applied to become Academies since [...]