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Academisation proceeding only at a trickle, in some regions of England

25 October 2024

The academisation of schools appears to be going at a snail’s pace in some regions of England, new analysis of current Department for Education regional director decision-making shows.

Entirely academy system will take 20 years to achieve, on current conversion trends

29 April 2021

It will take around 20 years for England to have an all-academy state school system at recent - pre-pandemic - rates, fresh analysis by Education Uncovered reveals today.

Number of pupils per teacher in English secondary schools has risen nearly 10 per cent since 2011

2 December 2019

Have teacher numbers really been falling while the number of pupils on roll in English schools has been climbing upwards?

DfE’s “swift” school intervention drive failing on own terms?

24 April 2018

Four years ago, a Department for Education spokesperson responded to Labour plans for a shake-up of the academies and free schools system by arguing that these schools were held “more rigorously to account” than was possible in the non-academy sector.

All-academy secondary sector to take another eight years, on current trends

12 December 2017

Secondary academy numbers are showing the same tentative trend as that seen in primary since the summer, with new conversions registering year-on-year falls in recent months.

100 new free schools a year: achievable or not?

20 October 2017

Will Theresa May’s target of “building” 100 free schools annually for the rest of this Parliament be achieved?