The forced academisation of schools would end and councils would be empowered to take over failing academies under a Labour Government, the party has announced.
In a speech to the party conference on Monday, shadow education secretary Angela Rayner highlighted the plight of 124 ‘zombie’ academies – schools from academy chains that have failed but are yet to be transferred to another.
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