GCSE results are up, Key Stage 3 results are up, truancy is down anddemand for places is outstripping supply. PricewaterhouseCoopers' latestevaluation of academy schools lists some big improvements.
The consultancy firm's fourth annual Academies Evaluation suggestsacademies are massively outperforming comparable groups of mainstreamschools (Children Now, 25-31 July). Between 2002 and 2006 the proportionof pupils in phase one academies getting five good GCSEs rose by 25 percent, while comparison schools managed 18 per cent.
But despite this progress, unease about the programme remains. Anotherreport, A New Direction, by the Children's Services Network's think-tankfor the Trades Union Congress, argues academies aren't doing as well asthe first report suggests.
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