Monday 9 September 2013

Ofsted encourages local authority soft power over academies

http://www.lgcplus.com/briefings/joint-working/education/ofsted-chief-urges-academy-intervention/5062916.article?blocktitle=Latest-Local-Government-News&contentID=2249

"At London Councils we want to have the statutory right to serve notices to improve on academies as well as our own schools,” Cllr John said. “But he [Sir Michael] said, well I would just serve a notice anyway and copy it to Ofsted and DfE.” Cllr John said Sir Michael told him that if he was concerned about the performance of an academy or a free school he should “just do it [i.e. issue a notice], shame them and use your ‘soft power’ effectively”.

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