1. Will the performance of the first wave of schools choosing to become academies be the same for those subsequently forced to become academies? 2. For sponsored academies, it might be possible to jump-start improvements in a failing school, 3. but can that be sustained over time? 4. And how will the academy process work for primary schools, which so far have been slow to convert. 5. It remains another great unknown how every primary school, from the inner cities to remote villages, will be allocated to academy chains. 6. This is a massive shift - outsourcing thousands of local schools to chains most of which have yet to be created. 7. After the converter and sponsored academies, this new group of forced academies will be by far the biggest. 8. And not surprisingly there has been a big ideological divide in the response, with the government's commitment to academies matched by the teachers' unions' scepticism. 9. There are also mutterings of disquiet from Conservatives in local government. 10. They might look further down the tracks to future administrations and 11. wonder what will be the implications when all schools - including village schools, grammar schools and faith schools - will be academies overseen by Whitehall-appointed regional schools commissioners. 12. Parents, often not bothered about school labels, will look for the clear-cut evidence supporting such a one-size-fits-all solution. 13. And high-achieving schools, run by good local authorities, might wonder what problem is being solved? 14. Mr Hannay, researching secondary results, says: "We don't yet know what effect it will have on the bulk of moderately good secondary schools that are now being required to convert. 15. "This analysis suggests that 16. any changes in GCSE attainment are likely to be modest, or possibly absent altogether, 17. but unlikely to be detrimental." |
S/N | mood | Subject | Finite | Speech role |
1. | INT | the performance of the first wave of schools choosing to become academies | Will | Question |
2. | DEC | It | might | statement |
3. | INT | that | Can | Question |
4. | DEC | the academy process work for primary schools, which so far have been slow to convert | will | statement |
5. | DEC | It remains another great unknown how every primary school, from the inner cities to remote villages | will | Statement |
6. | DEC | This is a massive shift - outsourcing thousands of local schools to chains most of which | have | statement |
7. | DEC | this new group of forced academies | will | statement |
8. | DEC | there | has | statement |
9. | DEC | there | are | Statement |
10. | DEC | they | might | Statement |
11. | DEC | what | will | Statement |
12. | DEC | parents | will | statement |
13. | INT | High-achieving schools | might | Question |
14. | DEC | We don’t know what effect it | will | statement |
15. | DEC | This analysis | Suggests[present] | Statement |
16. | DEC | any changes in GCSE attainment | are | statement |
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