DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION- SHEFFIELD
- 2 ST PAULS PLACE, 125 NORFOLK STREET
S1 2FJ SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Phone: 0370 000 2288
Fax: 01928 738248
E-mail: Send messagewww.education.gov.uk
Short profile:
In many of the most successful education systems in the world, individual schools are given a high level of autonomy. It is headteachers and teachers, not bureaucrats and politicians, who inspire pupils and drive school improvement. In addition to the existing Academies programme, which will continue to drive faster improvements in deprived and disadvantaged areas, we will now also invite all schools to apply for the kind of autonomy that has served schools in America, Canada, Sweden and Finland so well. For too long, too many parents have been denied the choice of a good local school, with an antiquated admissions system that has relegated the poorest children to a second-rate education. As well as improving standards in all schools, we will capitalise on the passion of parents, teachers and charities who want to make a difference by making it easier for them to set up and run their own schools.
Detailed description:
We’re committed to spending more on the education of the poorest children. Our pupil premium is designed to tackle deep-rooted disadvantage by taking additional money from outside the schools budget to ensure those teaching the poorest children get the resources they need to deliver smaller class sizes, more one-to-one or small group tuition, longer school days and more extra-curricular activities. Over the past ten years, the gulf in achievement between the rich and the poor has widened and the achievement gap between fee-paying schools and state schools has doubled. We are determined to narrow this gap.
Nothing matters more in education than attracting the best people into teaching. We will attract more great teachers into the classroom by expanding Teach First and further enhancing the prestige and esteem of the teaching profession. The biggest single barrier to good people starting, or staying, in education is poor pupil behaviour.
We will focus relentlessly on improving behaviour by ensuring that parents accept their responsibilities, teachers have the discretion they need, and pupils respect adult authority at all times.
Keywords:
school improvement, Early Years education, education services, Education support, education systems, Department for Education, Education Agencies, childrens services, successful education systems