article_snippet.sent: In a letter to the Daily Mail, 80 current and former leaders say there is clear evidence that academy-style freedoms are benefiting a generation of children.
article_snippet.sent: In it, 80 current and former leaders claim there is evidence that the most successful education systems benefit from schools with academy-style freedoms.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Our only concern is that the autonomy which has worked well for pupils stays in place.
article_snippet.sent: The education reforms, masterminded by Michael Gove, have been hailed by Mr Cameron as the most important ‘for a generation’.
article_snippet.sent: We write as current and former headteachers and school leaders of good and outstanding autonomous schools across the country committed to the very best in state education.
article_snippet.sent: FASNA — the Freedom and Autonomy for Schools National Association —
article_snippet.sent: has helped build a consensus over 25 years which recognises that diversity and self-determination help shape outstanding education.
article_snippet.sent: We are firmly committed to the maintenance of current academy freedoms.
article_snippet.sent: International evidence shows that the most successful education systems benefit from schools with academy-style freedoms.
article_snippet.sent: The freedoms which have come with academy status have helped FASNA schools to improve education for children in our own schools and also enabled We to work better together to raise standards in other schools.
article_snippet.sent: We call on all political leaders to guarantee that all current academy freedoms, including those relating to pay and conditions and the curriculum, will be maintained after the General Election.
highlights_snippet.sent: In a letter to the Mail, 80 headteachers said academies benefit children .
  