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Originally Posted by devilincarnate
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I can see that OFSTED not inspecting a failing school within a given period after a new head has taken over could be a good thing. If any school is that bad, it's going to take time for a new head to work out what is and isn't working, and to change what isn't working.
If the school is inspected while the changes are being made, the inspection may bring a bad result, which could reflect badly on the new head, even at future schools.
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Originally Posted by ntluser
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.
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The state has no input in running them, so I doubt the Government could change them to academies any more than it can change private schools.
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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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Maggie will correct me here, if I am wrong, but I think that given the right people in charge, State schools could be made to run as well as public schools, but it will take time. Certainly more than one term of government (which is all politicians seem to worry about).
It will also require serious money to be spent (something which neither major political party will ever commit to), and will also require that the government do not meddle.