www.gov.uk/government/publications/academies-financial-handbook<\/a><\/p>Paragraph 1.5.21 of the handbook explains that the accounting officer of a trust must ensure that the trust\u2019s financial conduct is regular, proper and represents good value for money. In addition, paragraph 3.3.1 of the handbook explains that all novel and/or contentious transactions must be referred to the Education Funding Agency (EFA) for prior authorisation.<\/p>
In the case of a novel and/or contentious transaction, the EFA would always seek strong assurance from the trust that its proposal represented excellent value for money and that there was no risk of irregularity or impropriety. If there were any doubt about a trust\u2019s ability to provide this assurance, authorisation would not be granted.<\/p>"}
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We are not abolishing the AS level. It will be available as a stand-alone qualification taught over one or two years. The full A level will become a linear qualification with assessment at the end of two years\u2019 study, so that students can benefit from more time spent on teaching and are encouraged to make connections between topics.<\/p>
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The School Admissions Code (the Code) provides a robust framework that governs the determination of school admissions policies and the allocation of school places,whereby 86.5% of parents secured a place at their first preference school in 2014.<\/p>
All admission arrangements must comply with the Code and must be consulted on at a local level. Anyone who feels a school\u2019s admission policies and arrangements are unfair or unlawful may object to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator. Where a local authority is of the view that a school\u2019s admission arrangements may not be lawful, they have a duty to refer them to the Adjudicator, whose decision is binding and enforceable.<\/p>
Local authorities also have a duty to report annually to the Chief Schools Adjudicator on the effectiveness of admissions in their area, and to publish their report locally. These reports inform the Adjudicator\u2019s annual report to the Secretary of State.<\/p>
The Department for Education also receives feedback on the operation of local admission policies from parents, local authorities, schools and other bodies.<\/p>
Taken together these measures allow the Department to monitor the effectiveness of the Code at both the national and local level.<\/p>
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The School Admissions Code requires all admission authorities to consult publicly for eight weeks when drawing up or proposing changes to its published admission arrangements, thus ensuring the views of the local community are considered before those arrangements are finalised. This consultation period allows parents, other schools, religious authorities and the local community to make known their views and raise any concerns they may have about what is proposed. Subject to consultation, it is for admission authorities to decide what oversubscription criteria would be most suitable for the school taking account of local circumstances.<\/p>
Once admission arrangements have been determined, anyone who believes they are unfair or unlawful can object to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator whose decision is binding and enforceable.<\/p>
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There are no subject-specific entry requirements for entry to primary courses of initial teacher training (ITT). However, ITT entrants are required to satisfy a rigorous selection process, which is designed to assess their suitability to teach, and providers of ITT are required to ensure trainees can demonstrate a secure knowledge of the relevant subject(s) to deliver the curriculum which, in the case of primary trainees, includes teaching languages in primary schools.<\/p>
Teaching of modern languages is already taking place in over 90% of primary schools. The Government is providing £1.8 million funding over two years for the continuous professional development of primary and secondary teachers in order to support the delivery of the new modern languages curriculum.<\/p>"}
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It is for schools to decide which resources they use to support their teaching. The Government is providing funding of £1.8 million over two years for continuous professional development for primary and secondary teachers to support delivery of the new modern languages curriculum. The training is being funded through nine organisations, whose performance will be monitored against the agreements the Department for Education is making with them.<\/p>
In addition, links to sources of support that schools can use to support modern languages teaching in primary school are hosted on the website of the Association for Language Learning.<\/p>"}
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Ofsted forms a key part of the overall accountability system for schools and is responsible for judging the quality of education in all maintained schools and academies.<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
The eight Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) are responsible for taking decisions regarding academies (including free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools) on behalf of the Secretary of State in their regions. This includes:<\/p>
<\/p>
encouraging and approving new academy sponsors to operate in their regions;<\/p><\/li>
taking decisions on the creation of new academies;<\/p><\/li>
a phased role on free school applications;<\/p><\/li>
decisions about changes to open academies; and,<\/p><\/li>
monitoring performance and intervening to secure improvement in underperforming academies, free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools.<\/p><\/li><\/ol>
<\/p>
<\/p>
The Department for Education has regular contact with Ofsted. At a regional level, each RSC will have an operational working relationship with the Ofsted Regional Director to ensure that information is shared and the necessary action is taken in academies where there are concerns.<\/p>"}
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