Julian Stanley offers some coping advice
The recent news about the future academisation of the school system has left many in the sector feeling confused and concerned. Worse still this announcement comes hot on the heels of many others made over the last few years, perhaps making this one of the most unsettled periods there has ever been in education.
This latest policy change is, as we know, not universally supported by many, as evidenced by the recent round of teaching union conferences.
The government’s White Paper on academisation itself even highlighted questions about the desirability of such large-scale reforms in the context of the impact of an all-academy system on local democracy and teachers’ pay and condition. In short, these new government proposals are highly controversial.
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