The government’s White Paper Educational Excellence Everywhere has generated a great deal of noise. Ask teachers, parents and members of the public what it is about, most would be likely to say that it is all about the government’s policy of forced academisation.
Not only is this policy wrong, but this focus on forced academisation is in danger of overshadowing another deeply concerning provision in the White Paper which has profound implications for the profession.
But before turning to that provision, it’s important to get the facts straight on forced academisation. First, the concept is not new. Schools have been forced into academisation since the Academies Act in 2010 by whatever means the government has had at its disposal.
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