Stephen Timms
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(8 years ago)
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Nicky Morgan
I will take more interventions in a moment.
We have already been shown to respond quickly in the minority of cases where academies underperform. To date we have issued 154 formal notices to under- performing academies and free schools and changed the leadership in 129 cases of particular concern. The powers introduced under the Education and Adoption Act 2016 will allow us to intervene swiftly from day one—much more quickly than happened under many local authorities.
Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab)
Will the Secretary of State not allow parents a say in whether their local school becomes an academy?
Nicky Morgan
We had that debate when the Education and Adoption Act was going through. We recognise that many new sponsors will involve parents, rightly, and we will encourage that in the academisation process.