In a speech at Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College, which is one of three federated academies in Kent, Gove said critics of academies are "the same old ideologues pushing the same old ideology of failure and mediocrity".
He also spoke of the previous Labour government’s support for the programme and the success of some academies in the UK in turning around academic performance.
"The sad truth is that, for some of these critics, the facts don’t matter much. And they’ll continue to view the spread of autonomy as an unwelcome onslaught," Gove said.
"They’ll continue to talk about the government ‘threatening’ schools with academy conversion."
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