ChrisMadden published Government backtracks on plan to make all schools into academies

THE Government has backed down over its plans to force all schools to become academies. As most of the country had its eyes turned to the outcome of yesterday's elections, government official announced the controverisal proposal will not go ahead. The original plan to force all schools to convert to academies, run independently of local authorities, had been met with a backlash from some MPs and education leaders. Today the Department for Education (DfE) announced the blanket conversion...

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