Minutes:
The Chairman referred to the ‘White Paper – Every School an Academy’, which was to form legislation to make all schools become academies. He reported that the government had decided not to go ahead with this legislation but the idea and concept of academisation was still a big issue with the Department of Education and if schools became academies where would that leave the role and functioning of SACRE, they needed to be aware of the impact of academies.
Members briefly discussed the issues before the Chairman suggested that this could be a discussion item for the next meeting.