Michael Gove invites all schools to apply to become academies

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Greater freedom and independence were promised to primary and secondary schools as Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, invited all schools to apply to become academies during a visit to Cuckoo Hall Primary School, Edmonton, London on 25 May 2010.

Writing to schools today he announced that the Government will open up the Academies Programme to all schools including, for the first time, primary schools and special schools. He also pledged to make the process of becoming an academy quicker and less bureaucratic, removing local authority powers to block schools that want to become academies.

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