The new coalition government is expected to launch an education bill as part of the Queen's Speech on 25 May
that will allow parents and private providers to set up new schools, introduce a pupil premium for disadvantaged students and overhaul accountability for schools.
The legislation could also signal the end of the Building Schools for the Future programme and plans to raise the participation age to 18 by 2015.
John Dunford, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said schools must work with other parts of children's services, despite the promise of increased autonomy.
"It is vitally important that the greater freedoms for schools are accompanied by a continuing obligation to collaborate so that the interests of all young people are given fair weight," he said.
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