Academy transfer model contract paragraphs
The aim of these model policy paragraphs on academy transfers is to provide a framework that schools can adopt to ensure full clarity over contractual terms pre- and post-transfer.
The aim of these model policy paragraphs on academy transfers is to provide a framework that schools can adopt to ensure full clarity over contractual terms pre- and post-transfer.
Know your rights, so you can act collectively to safeguard them.
There are two ways that a school can become an academy: schools can either be forced to become academies or their governing bodies can make the decision “voluntarily”.
Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the NEU, highlights the inspectorate’s critical role in forced academisation.
It is time to build an education system organised on democratic principles, and planned in the best interests of staff, pupils, parents and the wider community.
The aim of this model agreement is to establish formal procedures for consultation and negotiation between academy trusts and unions, and to secure facilities for trade union representatives.