Structural autonomy and collaboration in multi-academy trusts
Turning schools into academies does not necessarily improve results; here are some approaches that work.
Tag Archives: Academies
Schools shouldn’t give in to the fear, but should be thinking hard about academisation
Tom Middlehurst with four key questions for schools to consider between now and 2020.
Can today’s sponsored academies hope to emulate the achievements of the early pioneers, the first academies?
Can a new wave of Sponsored Academies emulate the success of the original Academies? SSAT Operational Director Bill Watkin investigates.
The Eighth Evidence Session of the Education Select Committee
An SSAT report from the most recent meeting of the Education Select Committee, by Chris Smith.
Reform report
SSAT’s first survey into the impact and effectiveness of academisation, Plan A+, was carried out between December 2011 and February 2012. Since that time, the educational landscape has changed drastically; the pace, scope and scale of change in education over
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Intelligent accountability Mr Gove? These primaries have their own answer
Fiona Aubrey-Smith, Head of Primary, SSAT writes… One of the themes of SSAT’s respected Redesigning Schooling campaign is intelligent accountability; where schools take the lead through models of peer accountability, proving that the profession can self-regulate, challenge and support itself.
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Do academies really increase the divisions between the rich and the poor?
Bill Watkin, SSAT Operational Director, writes… So academies “increase divisions between the rich and the poor”, do they?! Today’s attention-grabbing headline on the front page of The Independent is in stark contrast with SSAT’s earlier research about the effectiveness of
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