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ntluser · 17-03-2016, 14:44

Interesting that schools are now going to be required to become academies and to be freed from local authority influence.

I wonder if this applies to public schools like Eton etc.

If not, maybe the new academies ought to emulate public schools given that they have such high standards and supply many of our politicians, captains of industry and other leaders.

Mind you, if the academies fail the government will be left with egg on its face as they will be unable to blame local authorities as was the case in the past.

Governments tend to forget that all their manipulation of the education system could be a contributory factor not only in terms of falling standards but also in terms of the difficulty in recruiting and retaining teachers.

It will be interesting to see how this all turns out.

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ntluser cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manchester Age: 78 Services: Virgin Media XL Telephone,TV with Tivo box & Superhub3 upto 150Mb Broadband, Sky World, & Freeview+ Posts: 1,901	Re: Schools to be made into academies Interesting that schools are now going to be required to become academies and to be freed from local authority influence. I wonder if this applies to public schools like Eton etc. If not, maybe the new academies ought to emulate public schools given that they have such high standards and supply many of our politicians, captains of industry and other leaders. Mind you, if the academies fail the government will be left with egg on its face as they will be unable to blame local authorities as was the case in the past. Governments tend to forget that all their manipulation of the education system could be a contributory factor not only in terms of falling standards but also in terms of the difficulty in recruiting and retaining teachers. It will be interesting to see how this all turns out.