Reforms unveiled in the Education and Adoption Bill last week will make it easier and quicker for underperforming schools to be turned into academies.
The measures include giving new powers to regional school commissioners to intervene in struggling schools (see box); placing duties on local authorities to pursue academisation to a set timescale; and for "coasting" schools to be turned into academies or to have head teachers from high-performing neighbouring schools installed if they fail to improve quickly enough.
It also scraps the requirement for academy sponsors to consult with schools and parents, which has raised concerns that councils and local communities will be frozen out of the process.
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