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Henry Stewart: “Failing Schools”: Do Academies do better?

My recent posts have outlined how the DfE data show that non-academies are getting great results and outperforming academies of similar intake. Those who want to believe that academies are more successful have argued that academies generally take over failing schools and therefore it isn't a fair comparison. So let's compare a similar set of schools. I've extracted the data for ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Redhill Academy? | Stourbridge Labour Councillors: "[...] When Academies were first introduced by the previous Labour government – to significant opposition – their remit was to support failing schools. Each Academy had a sponsor that brought knowledge, skill, expertise and a focus which did often lead ......"

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Janet Downs: Disadvantaged pupils do worse in schools containing a large number of disadvantaged children, new research reveals

Research by the Education Endowment Fund (EEF) published this month seems to confirm what the OECD revealed: that disadvantaged pupils do worse in schools which contain a large number of similarly disadvantaged children. The research looked at children eligible for free schools meals (FSM) in schools that failed to reach the floor standard (EEF target schools). The report ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Alan Gurbutt: "Causation, no, but a positive linear relationship should infer that there’s scope for further investigation, a multi-factorial analysis of issues associated with educational pathways, for example. There should be a focus EYFS, health, income and parent’s ability to raise expectations ......"

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