The phrase "autonomy for schools" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the independence or self-governance of educational institutions in making decisions regarding their operations and policies.
Example: "The new education policy aims to provide greater autonomy for schools, allowing them to tailor their curricula to better meet the needs of their students."
Alternatives: "independence for schools" or "self-governance for schools".
Key features of London Challenge were more academies and more autonomy for schools, he says.
The challenge is how to provide enough autonomy for schools to improve standards while also providing full accountability.
He also signalled an acceptance of Gove's academy programme by claiming that autonomy for schools was the right way to go.
However, he added: "The combination of increased autonomy for schools and weak governance is failing to provide the appropriate regulation and scrutiny to ensure that headteachers' salaries are determined in an open, fair, and transparent manner.
Michael Gove, the Conservative education secretary, pinpoints the lessons of PISA 2009 as "greater autonomy for schools; sharper accountability; raising the prestige of the profession and having greater control over discipline".
Cabinet ministers have been encouraged to meet sceptics, discover what it is precisely they object to in the forthcoming legislation and to see if they can find common ground.For example, MPs are worried that greater autonomy for schools will mean more backdoor selection and a worse deal for pupils from poor backgrounds.
He wants more autonomy for municipal schools, and a ban on state-supported schools selecting pupils through entrance exams.
In the future Ed wants even less autonomy for individual schools, even less rigour in the testing of primary pupils, and the further progressive undermining of the academic gold standard – the A-level – and its replacement by softer alternatives.
The scales of 'frequency of assessment', 'educational resources', and 'school autonomy' are averaged for schools within a country and are based on the WLE estimates.
"Autonomy of schools tends to mean autonomy of headteachers," he says.
But efforts to go further pose a challenge because of the university's long tradition of autonomy for its many schools and departments.
