Every English school to become an academy

[rollonthesummer]

bbc

Fantastic-because academies are doing so well, aren't they!?

What a shambles this is! (Spot the exclamation sentence there...)

[WalkerBait]

From non to academy even

[G1raffe]

Our primry schools have changed to join with local ones. Already huge changes in curriculum, loss of staff and cutting the number of TAs in half....

[RobotMenu]

There goes the pay and conditions document...

[NewLife4Me]

Hi, on the previous page I meant that all education was going to be private as in state schools being privatized, not that people will have to afford a private education.

As for increase in H.ed it has been mentioned on other threads, and I do believe there will be an increase, not that everybody can consider this option.
However, those that can will consider it if they don't like the idea of an academy.

Just wanted to clear that up. Apologies, if I didn't make myself clear and offended anybody.

[BungoWomble]

Sorry, me jumping to wrong conclusion. I'm not normally over here, just wanted to see what the teachers thought about academies.

In case you've not all come across it yet, there's a petition against this forced privatization already petition.parliament.uk/petitions/124702

[NewLife4Me]

Bungo

I have signed the petition last night. It doesn't affect my last schooled child atm and hope it never will.
I wholeheartedly support those who it will affect.

In fact whilst I'm here can I ask those who it also won't affect to think of others and sign please.

[jeavcike]

I have signed the petition too.

I'm wondering if anyone can shed any light on how the changes will affect me as a qualified primary school teacher working on short term supply through agencies?

I have chosen this over a permanent position due to family commitments at home - the flexibility of supply teaching means I can organise my work around my life and works for us at the moment. I was hoping to go full-time in 2017 when dd goes to school but now everything suddenly seems so uncertain and I'm worried.

[strawberrypenguin]

I'm not a teacher but DS1 is due to start school this September. I'm horrified by this - the damage this could have on his education and that of unborn DS2 is untold. No national curriculum and no decent pay for teachers of the schools don't want to pay it.
We can't HE as one we couldn't afford to and two neither DH or I would have the faintest idea where to start.
I just want my boys to have access to a free and decent education that they deserve. Can't believe how little there has been in the press about this either - it's been completed buried by the 'sugar tax' which I suspect was the plan.