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Charlie TaylorCEO, NCTL
11th May 2015
Government reform principlesThere are two principles to the Government reform:
To give more autonomy to schools
To raise standards
AutonomyAcademies Act – half of secondary
schools and 8% of primary schools are academies
Reduced the role of local authority through academies and direct funding
Allowed new schools to open independent of local government – free schools
Reduce guidance – 60k fewer pagesTeacher pay de-regulatedNo mandatory national curriculum
for academies or free schools
Free Schools400 free schools under last
government230,000 school places500 new free schools this
parliamentAP free schools:Derby PrideStone Soup LearnsCity of Peterborough AcademyFamily School
AutonomyReduce teacher workloadRemove levelsAllow academy chains to expandSchool Direct – give schools a
greater role in teacher trainingEmploy unqualified teachers
Raise StandardsNew National CurriculumNew GCSEsResults based on pupils’ first attempt
at examRaising floor standards to 65%
primary and 40% secondary Making Ofsted inspection more
rigorous and only 4 judgementsSkills test more difficult
Raise StandardsMaking teachers easier to dismiss,
but anonymityChanging teacher regulationMaking phonics teaching mandatoryUsing international comparisonsMore evidence based teaching –
Education Endowment FundTeaching SchoolsLinear A levels
What the Government has stoppedDoing Continuous Professional
Development (CPD)Sending emails – now only 1 per
termRegulating teachers’ payMandatory qualifications for new
headsLots of ring fenced funding – school
sports, behaviour and attendance partnerships, school specialism
Challenge for a new Government
School funding – fair funding with tighter budgets
Academies vs maintained schoolsRole of OfstedRole of local authorities in SEN and
APUnderperforming areas of the
countryGetting enough teachers in some
subjects