Thread: Schools to be made into academies
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Old 20-03-2016, 21:11   #29
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Re: Schools to be made into academies
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy View Post
You're not entirely wrong, 75% of heads who's schools were or were about to become academies thought their school would benefit financially not educationally from the change of status.

This is quite old now but still quite a good read

http://www.newstatesman.com/educatio...ools-academies
Some of the early convertors may have benefited financially but that hasn't been the case for a long time. Academies are now funded per child exactly the same as they would be if the were a Grant Maintained school.
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