ACADEMY EXPANSION PROGRAM

Academy Expansion Program

Academy Expansion Program

Academy

In the Britain's educational system, an academy is the type of school that is funded directly by the federal government (particularly, the Department for Education). The academies are independent of the direct authority by England's local government. The local government of the England is responsible for funding the academies by means of the method that is used for allocating funds between educational sections in an authority. An academy can get additional support from corporate or personal sponsors, both in kind and financially. The academies must meet the main subject requirements of National Curriculum and these academies are subject to investigation by Ofsted (Hargreaves, 2010).

The academies are independent and most are comprised as registered donations and functioned by some other educational donations.

Free School

The free school is the type of school in which the system of teaching is based on the setting structured to promote the student to become dynamically involved in the process of learning. Rather than group guidelines, the free school focuses on individualized instructions and children goes on from a step to the other at their personal development rate. In free schools, the course is not divided into strict timetables as the courses are in the conventional classroom. While in UK to visit as normal is a free public or parochial school, and there are very few private schools, there is in the UK to decide not easy what type of school is the right one. Even where there are state schools, which charge no fees, but often these, have a less good reputation and are not perceived by many parents as the most promising for the future of their children. For this reason, many English children are sent to private schools, but require enormous high school fees - a real dilemma for parents who can afford the money, particularly as the costs are heaving especially for families with several children barely (Clark, 2010).

Settlement for this condition is satisfactory from some years. A reform was required. The government in England has responded to this demand and enabled parents, associations and other groups to set up their own schools recently. They are called Free Schools and organized by private individuals, but paid by the state. They are particularly notable for the fact that the organizers may determine things like the curriculum, class size and the composition of the faculty itself. Unlike the English public schools, the equal opportunities are provided by the free schools.

The British government is hoping that the Free Schools especially are better educated and more use of parents and teachers, but there are also critics: Because the teachers who may teach at the new schools do not require special skills, it is also concerned that the level of teaching material could change dramatically. There is also a concern that free schools for the English middle class could be a way to differentiate itself from the crowd, which must continue to send their children to state ...