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Primary schools' academy conversions `have not boosted pupil performance'
21 November 2016
The conversion of primary schools into academies has not boosted pupils' performance, according to research. All primary and secondary schools in England were given permission to be run independently of local government in 2010 in an attempt to drive up standards. But a London School of Economics study has found no evidence to support a benefit to primary students' results during the first two years of "academisation".
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