It is a victory for teaching unions and parents who have campaigned vigorously against the move, since the plan was announced in the Budget earlier this year.
There has been widespread protest against the plans by teachers and parents with more than 150,000 people signing petitions against the move, and national demonstrations.
A number of Conservative-led councils and some Conservative MPs had also spoken out against the move.
Setting out more details on the next steps for the Education White Paper, education secretary Nicky Morgan said today that the Government had listened to feedback, and that although it remained its intention for all schools to become academies, it would no longer be changing the law for ‘blanket conversion’ for all schools.
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