All Surrey Secondary Schools Becoming Academies?

According to the Mirror newspaper, all the secondary schools in Surrey are in talks with Surrey County Council to potentially become academy schools. Not all 53 head teachers of the schools fully back the plans, and it could prove to be a very controversial topic.

If they were all to become academies, they would become government funded as opposed to being funded by the local education authority.

Tony Blair established the academy schools in 2000. There are 230 academies in the United Kingdom today, with more coming soon.

To become an academy schools must raise £2m through private organisations such as business, faith or voluntary groups, but universities, high performing colleges and schools are free of that requirement.

BT, Channel 4, University College London, Microsoft, the BBC, Manchester Airport, UBS and charities such as United Learning Trust have all invested in academies.

Champions of school academies promote the raise in school performances created by changing how the educational institutes are run. Opponents of the scheme dislike the lack of control the local educational authority has over them, and how much influence big corporations have.

Does the lack of local power something worth sacrificing for potentially better performing schools? Click Surrey School Academies to let us know your opinion on the situation.

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