Academies: Governance Problems Still Unresolved

Government's U-turn on compulsory academisation is welcome while governance problems still exist

Sceptics of the Government's budget plans to force all schools to convert to or have plans in place to convert to academies by 2022 have welcomed the recent U-turn on the proposal.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has stated the government 'listened to the feedback from parliamentary colleagues and the education sector ... [and would] now change the path to reaching that goal' − although in the face of industrial action by teachers and scant support from anyone in the media it could be argued they had no choice but to listen.

The change of path follows Nicky's speech to National Association of Head Teachers on 30 April, in which she said the mandatory conversion is 'the right step for our education system'.