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    • Becoming an academy
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    • Research into the leadership of sponsored and converting academies
    • The National College’s work with academies
    • Case studies

Academies case studies

These case studies focus on academies and explore a number of issues including creating an academy from scratch (Capital Academy), becoming an academy (Sandy Hill Primary School) and collaborating with another academy (Sandwell Academy):

• Bessemer Collegiate Academy: an urban federation
• Capital Academy: a new inner-city school
• David Sheppard Community Academy: a new model for leadership
• David Sheppard Academy: improving students’ life chances and supporting the community (follow up)
• Hampstead Federation of Academies: using a federation to improve attainment
• Global academy: combining business and education expertise
• St Matthew Academy: tackling falling pupil rolls and low attainment
• Sandwell Academy: collaboration across two academies to improve outcomes for students
• Sandy Hill Primary School: converting to academy status

The following case studies provide examples of support either from national leaders of education (NLEs) based in academies or NLEs who have supported academies:

• National leaders of education establishing new academies
• Middle school supporting a secondary school out of special measures
• Contribution of special school national leaders of education