Schools Week:
Experts News - Results are in: Academy status works for the best and worst schools, but that's about it
12 July 2016
Does academy status lift performance in schools? It's a vital question given the country is spending millions changing schools into academies. So far there had been no answer. But a new report, commissioned by the Education Policy Institute and published today, finally provides some.
To start with the conclusions:
1. It seems that Labour forcing badly performing schools to become academies before 2012 was a good thing.
Hurray for Labour.
2. It also seems that, after 2010, letting outstanding schools convert into becoming academies was also a good thing.
Well done the Coalition.
BUT
3. For everyone else after 2010, becoming an academy doesn't seem to have had much effect. In fact, it might have made things a tiny bit worse.
So, why is there a difference between pre-2010 and post-2010 academies?
This article was published online by Schools Week on July 12, 2016
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