A colleague of mine is on the board of governers of a school they are trying to force to become an academy, its a disgrace that they are using the poorly performing schools in areas with very challenging pupils as an experiment and they have no choice in the matter!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jan/17/michael-gove-inspection-school-academy
A colleague of mine is on the board of governers of a school they are trying to force to become an academy, its a disgrace that they are using the poorly performing schools in areas with very challenging pupils as an experiment and they have no choice in the matter!