Future Plans For Academies
The East Midlands region has one of the biggest percentages of academy schools in the country, according to new figures.
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Dramatic changes to the way our schools are run
We are in the middle of a dramatic transformation in the way Britain's schools are run. The Government wants schools to become academies.
Read the full storyEducation Secretary on academies: if schools are suffering I have to step in
The Education Secretary Michael Gove said if some schools opposed to becoming an academy are failing and children are suffering he "has to step in".
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Dramatic schools transformation into academies
We're in the middle of a dramatic transformation in the way Britain's schools are run. The Coalition Government believes that as many as possible should become academies, in other words opting out of the direct control of local councils, and running their own budgets.
Today, new figures suggest forty six percent of Midlands Secondary Schools have already made the switch. But one city is bucking the trend. In Leicester only one of the city's eighteen secondary schools is an academy.
Announcement on future of academies to be made today
The East Midlands region has one of the biggest percentages of academy schools in the country, according to new figures.
Across the Midlands, nearly half of secondary schools are now academies. The Education Secretary Michael Gove will later announce his future plans for academies in the region.