1,000 failing schools to be academies
The Tories have announced plans to transform up to 1,000 schools deemed inadequate into academies, in order to get rid of “bureaucracy and legal loopholes”.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan believes the plans will allow education experts to take action on “the first day we spot failure.” The Tories want to turn 100% of failing schools into academies, overriding campaigners concerns.
‘Divisive education policy’
Labour believes the proposals are “divisive” and miss the real challenges faced by schools, teachers and parents.
Shadow Education Secretary Tristam Hunt believes the “measures do not meet the challenges we face in education, such as preventing educational inequality setting in during the early years and ensuring high-quality teachers are attracted into poorly performing areas…It is very depressing to see the government's partisan and divisive education policy continuing into this parliament."
But Education Secretary Nicky Morgan says the proposals will “sweep away the bureaucratic and legal loopholes previously exploited by those who put ideological objections above the best interests of children…This bill will allow them to do their job faster and more effectively, ensuring that thousands more pupils, from across the country, get the world class education they deserve."
Many experts and campaigners have been left angry at the government’s proposals, saying that turning failing schools into academies is not the solution that solves everything and that the government needs to adopt a more nuanced approach. They insist that the issue of education is not something that can be simply viewed as black and white. Experts have lined up to criticize the government’s approach in dealing with the issue of inadequate schools, with some brandishing them as “irrational as it is impractical.”
National Association of Head Teachers leader, Russell Hobby, has slammed the government’s proposals, describing them as "sanctions and threats when our education system desperately needs investment and support".
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