The new plans mean almost 17,000 schools which have not been converted into academy status must have committed to do so by 2020. (educationbusinessuk.net)
Councils potentially at risk of being branded as failing and having all their schools converted into academies — under new government plans revealed today — are overwhelmingly Labour - run. (schoolsweek.co.uk)
It wants to enable schools judged «outstanding» by Ofsted to convert into academies by September, although it then wants successful schools to mentor struggling ones. (bbc.co.uk)