Please read some of the things below that as a parent i am totally shocked at! Unfortunateley we were not told these facts by our school I only became aware after hours researching on google (while my kids ate chocolate and played computers).
If WE Glebe Primary convert to academy status it means that WE are :
- Exempt from following National Curriculum
- Not required to perform national assessments (e.g. GCSEs)
- Free to change day and term lengths (without consulting parents)
- No mandatory inspection requirements for achievement No external targets set (No OFSTEAD Inspection)
- Selection by ability permitted (children with additional needs can be refused admission to school due to cost and figures you can complain to the governing body which made these decisions)
- No cap on number of students (currently set at 30 per class as maintained school)
- No public funds committed to Glebe. Private: Fees and bequests
- Teacher selection criteria - NO Qualified teacher Status Required
- Governing body will be free to set own pay and conditions
- School Governors/Trustees Can be fully or partially privately operated
- No public reporting requirements
The differences between free schools, traditional academies and academy converters are over:
• Who sets them up;
• Why they are set up;
• Whether there is a predecessor school; and
• What the 'provider’ has to demonstrate in order to be given permission to set one up.
I would like to share with you Sam Hurt's Blog
WALK the TALK...My Response!
The official definition for academic integrity provided by Penn State University is the pursuit of scholarly activity in an open, honest and responsible manner. Academic integrity includes a commitment not to engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty violate the fundamental ethical principles of the University community and compromise the worth of work completed by others. The fundamental principles of academic integrity are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility.
integrity. I think being honest not just in the classroom but in all
settings is very important. It tells a lot about your character.
I wouldn't want to be known as a "cheater".
Grades, because getting good grades does not requiere me to
cheat. The honor will come when myself and others acknowledge
that I succeeded through school without having to cheat.
Also, the grades will get me to a good school which will get me
in a good job and people will respect that. So I guess I could say
that they are of equal importance because both feed off of each
other as long as I am honest.
I thouroughly enjoyed the short film "Walk the Talk". Its a very
good reminder on what is important in life. My favorite part is
the part on honesty. It says, build a reputation as someone who
tells the truth...it will serve you well. I find that to be true
because reputation is a very important aspect in life. You need
to build a reputation that is good and it will open many more
doors to those that have a bad reputation.
The awareness of a moral or ethical aspect to one's conduct
together with the urge to prefer right over wrong is the
definition given by freedictionary.com. I would say not only the
concept of choosing right or wrong, but as well as judging of
other people can determines a persons conscience.
My education is extremely important to me. Some people take
their education for granted. It is one of the most important
things in life. No one can take away your education from you.
What I'm doing now in school is very beneficial to my future
endeavors. College, job, marriage, kids, etc... I think my future
can benefit my past in the way that through my future trials in
life I can look back and see everything that I've done wrong. It is
hard to notice mistakes as you're living them. I am probably
making mistakes at this moment in my own life that I'm not fully
aware of. I know I will look back one day and find many things
I've done wrong.