Key points arising from evidence-taking sessions (July 2012)
CEOs had different views on economies of scale within their group of schools. All felt that any expansion needs to be done with caution and careful planning to ensure that the infrastructure was in place to enable improvement on scale, especially as geographic proximity was central to enabling effective networking and sharing of best practice and resourcing across the group of schools.
Read the new TES article: Rise of academies could leave standing room only elsewhere
Rise of academies could leave standing room only elsewhere New article on TES Magazine, featuring comments from Professor Chris Husbands (Director of the Institute of Education), Commissioner of the Academies Commission and the new RSA report, The Missing Middle: The Case for School Commissioners.
Read new discussion of the Academies Commission on IOE London Blog by Chris Husbands
The academies commission: a ringside view of a system negotiating seismic change Professor Chris Husbands (Director of the Institute of Education), Commissioner of the Academies Commission, has written a new blog post, ‘The academies commission: a ringside view of a system negotiating seismic change’, on the IOE London blog.