It follows George Osborne’s announcement yesterday that all schools will be forced to become academies.
It confirms the Government’s plans for all schools to either become academies, or be in the process of converting to academy status, by the end of 2020.
The document ‘Educational Excellence Everywhere’ proposes a new system of ‘supported autonomy’ that will mean that schools can drive improvement themselves but where they are struggling support can be given sooner.
It plans for the vast majority of schools to work in multi-academy trusts (MATs), allowing them to share resources, staff and expertise.
Schools that have been judged requires improvement will have a 30-month improvement period applied. Where schools have been taken over by a new academy sponsor, Ofsted will not re-inspect until their third year to give the new heads time to improve them.
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