petition.parliament.uk/petitions/124747
All schools are to become academies within the next 6 years.
Obviously do your own research, but I do think this is important to be heard on.
-If your child is in primary the chances are your school is LA controlled, and it's improving
-If your child is in secondary they are probably in an academy, and it's either too new to tell, or not improving
-Qualified teacher status is to go, heads (business leaders themselves) can decide if you can teach. Not a qualification in child development in sight
-Each academy can represent 5 million pounds going from an LA to private business in land deeds. Plus profit.
-Academies don't need to follow the National Curriculum, and why would you when testing is so narrow? Art? Why? And yes, it is already happening in places
-Academies are NOT a proven formula to success, already chains have failed, and good schools have to reason to change
Schools are really heading to a bad place, away from research, child needs etc to a business model. The changes are not bourne from evidence, reasearch, good practise but political agendas. Like most teachers I support change when the goals are clear and it's in the interest of children. Like many I'm not even in a union, so that argument doesn't wash....
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Academies- would you sign this?
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AGrandUsername · 18/03/2016 11:07
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