[Will.]

What's an academy?

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Will.

What's an academy?

Its a private for profits school that will be presently subsidised by the government but just like every other thing that is privatized, they cut back on staff to ensure the profit margins are good.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Will.

What's an academy?

No more Going home at 3:30PM
for you.

To be announced today in the budget

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Will.

What's an academy?

..they're like most other things really Will, there are some great academy schools out there and some not so great ones, much the same as state schools...I think that it's inevitable that it'll go this way/to mainly academy schools in the future, simply because 'raising the standards' in schools can only be done if there is the funding there for it to be a possibility...it doesn't have to be a negative though because as there are more and more academy schools, the standards are being raised in them all of the time...

[Will.]

Originally Posted by arista

No more Going home at 3:30PM
for you.

oh

To be announced today in the budget

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

Its a private for profits school that will be presently subsidised by the government but just like every other thing that is privatized, they cut back on staff to ensure the profit margins are good.

Originally Posted by Ammi

..they're like most other things really Will, there are some great academy schools out there and some not so great ones, much the same as state schools...I think that it's inevitable that it'll go this way/to mainly academy schools in the future, simply because 'raising the standards' in schools can only be done if there is the funding there for it to be a possibility...it doesn't have to be a negative though because as there are more and more academy schools, the standards are being raised in them all of the time...

Ah ok, thank you both