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| Takeover idea for failing schools | Takeover idea for failing schools |
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| State schools in England judged by Ofsted to be "failing" should be taken over and run by charities and parents, a Tory policy group is suggesting. | State schools in England judged by Ofsted to be "failing" should be taken over and run by charities and parents, a Tory policy group is suggesting. |
| These "pioneer schools" would then be free from local authority control and could set their own staff pay levels. | |
| The idea is one of 32 put forward by the Social Justice Policy Group, but they are not binding on the Tory Party. | The idea is one of 32 put forward by the Social Justice Policy Group, but they are not binding on the Tory Party. |
| Another is that pupils in disadvantaged schools should each get £500 for extra academic, musical or sport tuition. | Another is that pupils in disadvantaged schools should each get £500 for extra academic, musical or sport tuition. |
| The policy group's sights are on schools judged to be failing or given notice to improve by Ofsted. | The policy group's sights are on schools judged to be failing or given notice to improve by Ofsted. |
| Rather like the government's existing academies, the pioneer schools would be state funded and focus on raising attainment among the poorest and most disadvantaged children in the country. | Rather like the government's existing academies, the pioneer schools would be state funded and focus on raising attainment among the poorest and most disadvantaged children in the country. |
| Home-school charters | Home-school charters |
| The policy group also gives qualified backing to the existing 47 academies - which the government wants to increase to 400. | The policy group also gives qualified backing to the existing 47 academies - which the government wants to increase to 400. |
| But it says the procedure for setting them up is too slow and bureaucratic and the buildings cost too much. | But it says the procedure for setting them up is too slow and bureaucratic and the buildings cost too much. |
| The group says the existing system is fuelling intergenerational poverty. | The group says the existing system is fuelling intergenerational poverty. |
| "Wealthier parents are either bussing their children to good schools or moving to live in the catchment area of good schools because of the shortcomings of the existing system. | "Wealthier parents are either bussing their children to good schools or moving to live in the catchment area of good schools because of the shortcomings of the existing system. |
| "Alternatively, they are buying places at private schools. The overall effect is to entrench classroom failure and poverty." | "Alternatively, they are buying places at private schools. The overall effect is to entrench classroom failure and poverty." |
| To reflect the importance of parental involvement in education, under the policy group's plans there would be compulsory home-school charters and home-school "support champions" in disadvantaged primary schools. | To reflect the importance of parental involvement in education, under the policy group's plans there would be compulsory home-school charters and home-school "support champions" in disadvantaged primary schools. |