Tory MPs call for academies plan to be dropped from Queen’s speech | Education | The Guardian
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Yet another rebellion under George's tutelage.

And, after literally everybody told them it was a ludicrous idea, the plan is dropped on 'a good day to bury bad news'.

Goddamn it, I wanted childrens' education privatised! I'm going for the whole set!

Well ... firstly, schools that are doing well won’t be forced. However, OFSTED seem to like changing the goalposts every so often, so schools that were outstanding one year will be just about good the next. This has happened a few times, so more schools can be forced to be an academy just by making it harder to do well in an inspection.

Also, schools in LEAs that are not doing well will be forced into Academy status.

So plenty of chances to ensure as many school as possible are pushed that way.