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In 2016 the Government launched a 12-week public consultation, Schools that Work for Everyone , setting out its intention to allow selective schools to expand, for new ones to be set up and for non-selective schools to become selective. The…
By Jo Hutchinson and Jon Andrews
Education Policy Institute and the LSE publish analysis of the performance of post-2010 sponsored academies The analysis, completed in partnership with the LSE, looks at the performance of 205 academies approved to be sponsored after May 2010 and which converted…
By Jon Andrews and Education Policy Institute
The slideshow for the conference can be downloaded by clicking "Download Report" Yesterday the Education Policy Institute, in partnership with the Sutton Trust, hosted the ‘Academies: 15 years on’ summit. This was an opportunity for researchers, policy makers and system…
By Jon Andrews
The Report, ‘ School performance in multi-academy trusts and local authorities – 2015’ considers whether academisation raises standards and whether the Government's current approach is working. It is the first comprehensive analysis of school performance in multi-academy trusts (MATs) and…
By Jon Andrews
Last Friday the Department for Education set out its next steps in implementing the white paper “Education Excellence Everywhere”. [1] This has been widely reported as a ‘u-turn’ on the Government’s plans to force all local authority maintained schools to…
By Jon Andrews
Academy Expansion Since last month’s budget and the publication of the Government’s education White Paper "Education Excellence Everywhere" the academy debate has naturally focused on the issue of full academisation and the rapid rate at which Government wants to achieve it.…
By Jon Andrews
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CentreForum's Director of Education Data and Analysis, Jon Andrews, has made a submission on behalf CentreForum to the Education Select Committee inquiry on multi-academy trusts. You can find out more about the inquiry here: www.parliament.uk/education-committee/inquiries/multi-academy-trusts-15-16/ The submission focuses on two areas…
By Jon Andrews
