Academies: Project management
Good planning and effective project management are key. Use and update document lists and hold regular calls and meetings with the local authority and DfE to keep issues moving and the conversion on track.
Often key issues such as the transfer of staff and the putting in place of an appropriate pension provision for staff after the transfer are left too late in the day. Such issues are never straight forward and therefore if difficulties arise they have the potential to delay the opening of the new academy.
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