Any school that fails to gain academy status by 2022 will now be forced to do so under “radical new powers” granted to Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan. David Cameron has vowed to “make local authorities running schools a thing of the past” and enable every school in England to shape its own curriculum and manage its own budgets.Ĭurrently, 2,075 out of 3,381 secondary schools are academies, while 2,440 of 16,766 primary schools have academy status. ![]() Despite the fact that the academies programme was originally launched by Labour, mission academy conversion is at the heart of the Government's overhaul of the education system. ![]() Words like 'forced' and 'no choice' are being used in the news and it's hard as parents to grasp whether or not these changes will be good for our children's education.Īcademisation is the answer to failing schools according to Chancellor George Osborne, who has pledged over £1 billion in extra funding to speed up the roll out. ![]() It's budget day and parents across the land are waking up to the news that all state primary and secondary schools in England will become academies by 2022.
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