In an increasingly fragmented education landscape, it can be a struggle for local authorities and directors of children’s services to develop and successfully implement overarching policies and practices that all schools adopt.
The proliferation of academies and free schools with different lines of accountability to maintained schools has been a key factor, as has the growth in independent settings.
Factor in the erosion of council’s education responsibilities and funding over the past decade, and it is easy to see why many experts are concerned about the lack of mechanisms to maintain and improve local school standards.
Recognising this, the London Borough of Hackney has created a new strategic body to bring together local stakeholders to develop evidence-based approaches for all schools across the council to learn from.
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