Councils will be forced to convert an estimated 1,000 schools rated ‘inadequate' by Ofsted into academies  under new measures announced by the Government today.

Setting out the Education and Adoption Bill, which was announced in the Queen's Speech last week, education secretary Nicky Morgan, claimed the ‘landmark Bill will allow the best education experts to intervene in poor schools from the first day we spot failure'.

‘It will sweep away the bureaucratic and legal loopholes previously exploited by those who put ideological objections above the best interests of children,' Ms Morgan added.