Gove in Danger of Losing Academies to Confusion ; the Champion of the West

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The first mistake Education Secretary Michael Gove made with academies is railroading the legislation through Parliament. The manner of his manoeuvring had an air of suspicion about it, and the concept of turning schools into privately-run academies already had enough of a suspicious sniff about it. For one, if there is one place in the world that yearns for debate and process its The House of Commons, and those resident to it take a dim view of not having their say.

That aside, hammering the academies legislation through in time for the new school year appears to have brought little benefit to Mr Gove though.

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Gove in Danger of Losing Academies to Confusion ; the Champion of the West

A measly 32 schools, and only a pinch of those are in the West, have taken up the cudgels of academy status in time ...

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