Agenda item

Academies update

Minutes:

The national picture has changed slightly with the government not driving academy conversion for all schools through legislation but encouraging all schools. There are currently about 6000 academies. Where an LA is no longer in a position to support its maintained schools they will be driven to convert and also where an LA is not performing well. The Regional Schools Commissioner is driving academisation of underperforming schools.

 

In Slough, 17,572 out of 29,540 pupils are now in academies – about 60%.

 

Robin Crofts also referred to recent updated guidance on schools causing concern which includes the changing role of the LA and the RSC; it can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-causing-concern--2