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richard s

20-09-2018 19:46

Profits before Pupils

Did anyone see the Panorama programme on Academy Schools funding rip off.:mad:

UNBELIEVABLE

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bk5q99

A Private Trust at its best... TAX payers money stolen.

This Tory governments policy is obscene.

Angua

20-09-2018 23:07

Re: Profits before Pupils

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Originally Posted by richard s (Post 35963773)

Yet Academies were a Labour idea.

One local Academy has a reduced intake of pupils due to the autocratic way the head is running things, getting rid of governors and teachers and generally a "my way, or the highway" attitude.

BenMcr

21-09-2018 08:13

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Originally Posted by Angua (Post 35963818)

Yet Academies were a Labour idea.

And it's always been the case that anyone can have a bad idea. It's not unique to either Labour or the Conservatives.

But the key is to recognise when it's a bad idea, and find ways of making it better, instead of making things worse.

Maggy

21-09-2018 08:18

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Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35963840)

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Taf	21-09-2018 12:05

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I was not surprised to read and see that a lot of these failed or failing academies are "faith schools".

richard s

21-09-2018 19:50

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I do not care who started Academy Schools but it is how can government departments be so crap at tracking where, how and who spends the money.

Anyway the Tory Governments policy is to back and increase Academy Schools.

Maggy

21-09-2018 22:45

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Academy schools are state-funded schools in England which are directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control

These academies also got their hands on the land,buildings and resources without ever paying back the taxpayers who provided the funds in the first place.

Angua

21-09-2018 23:07

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35963966)

LEA's had their authority over academies removed by the government..Which was a mistake because they were the best resource for keeping control over education in each county.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_(English_school)

These academies also got their hands on the land,buildings and resources without ever paying back the taxpayers who provided the funds in the first place.

It is appalling how any excuse to educate on the cheap seems to be the government mantra, with Academies rubbing their hands in glee at the profits they can make.

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