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 […]
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Rhetoric or reality – are the powers-that-be getting more adept at oversight?
In the last couple of weeks problems within Multi-Academy Trusts have made the headlines yet again. Putting the Party Conferences to one-side, three stories caught my eye: A MAT in […]
Why Headteacher Boards? Why just Heads?
There is many a paradox in the Academy world but perhaps the biggest one is around the Headteacher Board. A group of Headteachers, together with and headed by an RSC, […]
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’. […]
What is governance?
I’ve never been a fan of the phrase ‘Critical Friend’. In my opinion, what a nonsensical phrase. When I first became a governor over 23 years ago, a wise man […]
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 […]
Is the DfE missing a trick?
The biggest single delay to any conversion is usually the land transfer / lease and most of those delays relate to the LA legal team. Don’t get me wrong, I’m […]
Come on RSCs – it is not all about you!
Schools used to apply to the DfE to convert to academy status. They still apply to the DfE but the application now is assessed by a Headteacher Board ( HTB […]