Monday, 7 June 2010

Michael Gove: academies will be norm in England

The new coalition government said academy status was likely to be the "norm" for schools in England.

It would give individual head teachers almost complete freedom over budgets, the curriculum, hiring staff, term times and the length of school day

Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, said new academies would also be free to set their own pay - including offering six figure salaries to top heads - saying Whitehall could "not put a price" on a good school.

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