The problem:
- Free schools and academies currently have the ability to determine their own employment contract. Some schools have longer school days or Saturday school as they deem this necessary to best support their disadvantaged students to close the attainment gap.
NSN recommendation:
- The clause on conditions should be removed from the Bill so that free schools and academies do not need to have regard for standardised and centralised working conditions, thus retaining the freedom to innovate to provide what works for their schools and teachers.