Will the White Paper trigger the flexibility the academy sector needs?
You know the feeling of anti-climax when you’ve been expecting something for a long time and when it finally drops, you wondered why you’d expected more in the first place? […]
Academy Conversions
Good Governance: Watchdog, Mediator, Champion
The first half term is drawing to a close and we are all crawling to our first break. This only means one thing… the first meetings of governors and trustees […]
Where do special schools sit in a fully academised system?
Academisation is something that everyone in the education sector has a view on. There are those who are passionate about the opportunities on offer, and then there are those who […]
Associate members of MATS – a real egg cuber?
David Carter, the National Schools Commissioner, has hinted at a new, potentially game changing, policy at a Church of England schools training event last week. The basic premise of what […]
What makes a good academy conversion?
We all read the headlines about what can go wrong with academy conversions. Issues such as problems with PFIs, disagreements over terms and a realisation that two different sets of […]
What is an academy?
‘Go before we are pushed’, ‘control the journey and destination’ as well as ‘we are not having a Trust come in and tell us what to do, how to operate’. […]
The building blocks for academisation
The first building block came in 2010 with the coalition changing how Academies looked. Under the previous government, these were failing schools where money was thrown at trying to solve […]
Why the NSCs and RSCs need a joined up approach
At the start of the Academies Act, schools applied to the DfE, were assessed and – nearly every time – approved for their Academy Order. Then, with the advent of […]
Academy conversion – just a legal framework?
Many schools simply think academy conversion is all about the legal work. It isn’t. There is much more to a conversion. So, choosing the right support is key. Don’t get […]