Academies

• From 2010 -> All schools were encouraged to leave local authority control and become academies
• Funding was taken from local authority budgets, given directly to academies by central government and academies were given control over their curriculum
• By 2017 -> Over 68% of all secondary schools had converted to academy status; some run by private educational businesses and funded directly by the state
• However, Labour's original city academies targeted disadvantaged schools and areas vs Coalition, allowing any school to become an academy, removed focus on reducing inequality