Academies do not outperform local authority schools.
That is better than local authority schools, he says.
With local authority schools, governors have to declare any interest".
Maintained schools don't have to be local authority schools – a myth promoted by the rightwing press.
The new law will, it seems, apply only to "state" – ie local authority – schools.
They are supposed to receive the same spending as local authority schools.
The language around academies is different from that of local authority schools.
The difference is that Labour only wants academies in areas where local authority schools are seen to be rubbish and the Conservatives want all local authority schools to be seen to be rubbish so they can turn them into academies.
Local authority schools have governors who sit on a governing board, whereas academies have a two-tier system.
Latin The subject that free schools teach to prove they are a cut above local authority schools.
Without clear structures of central authority, schools vary, and zealots can spy an opportunity to take over.The Birmingham affair has also highlighted gaps in the inspection regime.
