CYP Now - National curriculum is a straightjacket for teaching

So the new Conservative government has most of the same faces - for schools and local authorities this means increased pressure towards academisation.

For failing academies, the pressures are similar, differing only in detail - rather than being made into an academy, they will just be taken over by another chain. While not unexpected, this further raises the bar on high-stakes accountability measures. The inevitable effect is that schools and academies will already be thinking about changes to the inspection framework and the performance measures, slavishly following ministerial diktats. Far from encouraging a more autonomous, creative and flexible school system, the Department for Education is placing huge pressure onto schools to ensure they conform to the expected norm. We are seeing isomorphism in practice - independent development by schools that under powerful central constraints leads to very similar institutions.

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