0 a school in the UK that is not controlled by the local authority and receives its money directly from the central government
The first relates to the need for proper consultation with local education authorities on the establishment of city academies.
We have already announced the first city academies in inner cities.
We have already announced the first city academies in inner-city areas.
City academies will be mixed-ability secondary schools, employing qualified teachers.
Ministers said repeatedly that city academies would be expected to abide by various requirements that also apply to maintained schools of whatever character.
Into that scenario of excellence in cities comes the new idea of city academies.
City academies will be different from the schools that they replace and from other maintained schools.
Where that happened, pupils might prefer to transfer to another local school rather than to the city academy.
