Education reform

The major issue with academies is that they are less accountable than local authority run schools, and at the whim of (often right wing) business type people, who have their own agenda. However not all academies are like this, lots aren't.
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Don't they also create inequalities of funding between schools in the same area which is uncompetitive? And as you suggest not only specific agendas on a whim but sponsorship and advertising within a school environment where young people are particularly malleable to influence