In a written statement to the House of Lords last week, Lord Nash, the under-secretary of state for the school system, confirmed details of the Department for Education’s (DfE) new Technical and Further Education Bill.
In doing so, however, he also quietly confirmed that plans for the Education for All Bill are to be dropped.
The Education for All Bill was tabled in Parliament in March by the previous education secretary Nicky Morgan.
It had been due to contain legislation to force all state schools to become academies by 2022. However, this idea was dropped after fierce opposition.
But the DfE still maintained its ambition for complete conversion and the Bill included plans to target local authorities whose schools were underperforming or which had a critical mass of academies in its area.
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