are not in favour of intervention by regional schools commissioners
in ‘coasting’ maintained schools and academies. It's unsurprising,
then, that there has been some discontent around the government's
proposals for a fully-academised system by 2022.
Despite this, school leaders are positive about short inspections for
‘good’ schools, with almost nine in 10 (89%) stating that they’re in
favour of this recent change to the inspection system.
I am in favour of compulsory academisation of maintained
schools deemed to be ‘inadequate’
Disagree - 90%
N/A - 1%
Agree - 9%
I am in favour of intervention by regional schools commissioners
in ‘coasting’ maintained schools and academies
N/A
1%
64%
Disagree
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35%
Agree
What governors think
Governors are particularly concerned about changes
to assessment and school structure. Monitoring school
performance under the new performance measures is
expected to be governors' second biggest challenge
over the next 12 months, behind budget pressures
(27%) and ahead of changing school status (i.e
converting to academy status) (13%).
More than half of governors (52%) are not convinced
that the new performance measures for primary schools
and progress 8 measure for secondary schools will more
accurately reflect their school’s overall performance.
Likewise, two-thirds (66%) of governors do not think
the new National Curriculum tests at Key Stages 1 and
2 or the GCSE reforms will have a positive impact on
pupils’ attainment.
More than eight in 10 (82%) governors disagree with
the compulsory academisation of maintained schools
deemed to be ‘inadequate’, and almost three-quarters
(73%) think there isn’t enough support for schools in
this situation.
Meanwhile, governors are in favour of both short
inspections for ‘good’ schools and intervention by
regional schools commissioners in ‘coasting’ maintained
schools and academies, with 86% and 60% of governors
showing their support for these respectively.
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