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Academies aren’t superior, new research proves
TURNING schools into academies is failing students, according to new research showing that almost half of the government’s favoured educational establishments fail to ensure expected GCSE results.
According to education think tank Sutton Trust, three out of four academy chains have schools that are “coasting.”
The term, recently coined by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, describes schools that consistently fail to ensure that 60 per cent of their pupils achieve five good GCSEs.
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