Privatising state education

"The announcement in April 2014 that there will be new floor targets from 2016 –85 per cent children must reach Level 4b –has nothing to do with raising standards. It is about accelerating the number of academy conversions and thus privatising state education. There will be no new resources to help children reach these targets. On the contrary, austerity means schools’ budgets are frozen. Teachers will not get any more time. They will continue to drown in paperwork generated by anachronistic levels, league tables and performance-related pay."

"Some estimates suggest that around 90 per cent of primary schools will become ‘failing’ schools and thus ripe for conversion to academy status. Add to this the suspicion that stand-alone academies are no longer allowed by the government, it is clear that Gove and DfE have cooked up a recipe for total
privatisation. Our schools will be run by a series of giant chains. It is a nightmare scenario. We need to make a stand against this now."
http://antiacademies.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AAA_general_briefing_Apr2014_3rd.pdf