Criticism and concern over coasting children in what have been termed ‘languishing and underperforming' schools has been made; Labour has accused the Government of missing the challenges faced by schools - yet as we enter the first term of the first majority Conservative Government in over 18 years we must also consider the implications of potential budget reductions to schools and academies, in parallel to this latest move to increase the rate of Academisation. 

Academies aren't new – in fact they were a Labour initiative under the Blair Government and have been controversial ever since.