Teaching unions, local authorities and others welcomed the confirmation, which came from the Department for Education (DfE) last week.
However, the government has said it is still committed to seeing every school convert to academy status – but that it would not legislate to achieve this goal.
A statement from the DfE on Friday (May 6) said: “Since launching our proposals in the education White Paper, the government has listened to feedback from MPs, teachers, school leaders and parents.
“As a result of these conversations, the government has decided, while reaffirming our continued determination to see all schools to become academies in the next six years, that it is not necessary to bring legislation to bring about blanket conversion of all schools to achieve this goal.”
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