The government has launched a review of school accountability and regulation it claims will “future proof” the role of academy trusts and “pave the way” for the conversion of all schools.
The regulatory review, which was supposed to be launched in May, was pledged in the government’s schools white paper earlier this year. It forms part of ministers’ plan to get all schools either into multi-academy trusts or in the process of joining by 2030.
Its publication also follows strong criticism of the government’s controversial schools bill, with ministers accused of a Whitehall power-grab over wide-ranging new academy standards and intervention powers.
