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city academies TONY Blair's announcement today of plans to double the proposed number of city academies will be controversial. But by increasing the number of existing and projected academies to 400 by 2010, with more than 100 in London, the Prime Minister is seeking to cement a key part of his political legacy.
Whether it will do so depends on this ambitious number being built and, more importantly, on whether they have the desired effect on standards. At many London academies, demand for places has soared. Yet results to date have been patchy: at some, GCSE grades have actually slipped on what were already poor levels, while at others there have been improvements. Nationally, provisional GCSE results suggest that academies registered a six per cent improvement in grades over the past two years, as against less than two per cent for all schools.See the full content of this document
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Mr Blair Bets On City Academies
Part of the problem is that there is no clear model for the academies.
That is touted as one of their strengths: in theory, they have the independence to develop their own ethos. T...See the full content of this document
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