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Tories to announce academy plans Tories to create more academies
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The Conservatives will set out plans later to allow hundreds more schools in England to become academies, free from local authority control. The Conservatives have set out plans to allow hundreds more schools in England to become academies, free from local authority control.
Shadow education secretary Michael Gove will tell a meeting of head teachers he would bring in a new education bill within days of a Tory election victory. Shadow education secretary Michael Gove told a meeting of head teachers he would bring in a new education bill within days of a Tory election victory.
It would also exempt the best schools from Ofsted inspections to allow the watchdog to focus on problem schools.It would also exempt the best schools from Ofsted inspections to allow the watchdog to focus on problem schools.
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg will also discuss education in a speech later. Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has also been discussing early years education plans.
Mr Gove, along with party leader David Cameron, will say a Tory government would remove the need for schools to consult local authorities before converting to an academy. Mr Gove, along with party leader David Cameron, said a Tory government would remove the need for schools to consult local authorities before converting to an academy.
This would allow schools to opt out of council control by September if the Tories win the general election, expected in May.This would allow schools to opt out of council control by September if the Tories win the general election, expected in May.
"We need a new generation of independent state schools run by teachers who know your child's name, not by politicians," he is expected to say. "We need a new generation of independent state schools run by teachers who know your child's name, not by politicians," he said.
He will also announce plans to reform Ofsted and identify the 100 worst performing schools in England and place them in the hands of "school leaders with a proven track record of success". The money will be targeted to closing the gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and their wealthier classmates Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg
In a speech to the Salvation Army, Mr Clegg will stress the importance of early years education in tacking inequality and pledge £2.5bn to help cut school class sizes. He also announced plans to reform Ofsted and identify the 100 worst performing schools in England and place them in the hands of "school leaders with a proven track record of success".
Mr Cameron said: "We really do believe in giving schools more freedom and more control over their own affairs.
"So if schools want to do that [become academies], they'll have all those advantages of money flowing directly to them, of having more control over what goes on in the school, of being their own admissions authority."
'Scrapping databases'
In a speech to the Salvation Army, Mr Clegg stressed the importance of early years education in tacking inequality, and pledge £2.5bn to help cut school class sizes, recruit the best teachers and provide more one-to-one tuition.
An average primary school could see an extra £90,000 in its budget, he said - enough to cut class sizes from 27 to 20. In an average secondary school, the aim is to cut class sizes down to 16.
"The money will be targeted specifically to closing the gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and their wealthier classmates," he is expected to say.
Mr Clegg promised to pay for the reforms by "scrapping unnecessary government databases", scaling back education quangos and halving the size of the Children Schools and Families department in Whitehall.