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Response to reports in TES about future Academies programme roll-out

Details of the Department for Education's response to reports in TES regarding schools applying for academy status.

• From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Lord Hill of Oareford CBE
• Published: 14 June 2010

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

In response to the TES, a Department for Education spokesperson said:

Let’s be clear, we will ensure that all outstanding schools which apply can convert as soon as they have completed all the necessary legal steps and subject to the necessary legislation being passed by Parliament.

But we have deliberately not set targets precisely so that schools go through this process at their own pace and don’t feel pressured to convert by September.

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Published 14 June 2010