5 mins
The Process
Headteachers from two schools explain the process involved in becoming an academy and offer advice and reflections.
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New Freedoms
Headteachers from two schools discuss the freedom academy status entails relating to work, pay and term-times.
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Working with Partner Schools
Headteachers from South Farnham School and Westlands Academy Trust discuss the expectation of working with partner schools when they are signed up as new academies.
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Governance and Responsibilities
Principals of established academies talk about how academy status affects school governance, the advantages of academy status, and the new responsibilities it brings, in this school governance resource.
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Staff
Four principals of established primary and secondary academies discuss the freedom they have when it comes to decisions about pay and conditions for staff, in this school management resource.
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Curriculum
Looking at what academy status means for the curriculum, four principals of established primary and secondary academies share their views in this school management resource.
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Budget
Taking a look at the issue of school finance, four principals of existing primary and secondary academies discuss how academy status has affected their funding, in this school management resource.
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Admissions
Discover more about the options for admission procedures for academies, as four principles of existing primary and secondary academies share their experiences in this school management resource.
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Procurement
Four academy principals talk about procurement and the time issues involved in taking over responsibility from their local authority, in this school management resource for primary and secondary schools.
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