Policies for improving schools had 'no effect', finds parliamentary inquiry

Committee says impact of coalition's multibillion pound converter academy programme for raising performance in England is 'inconclusive' The government's flagship policies for improving schools - encouraging them to convert to academy status and establishing free schools - have had little or no effect, according to a major parliamentary inquiry to be published this week. On Wednesday, the House of Commons' education committee is expected to offer an embarrassingly tepid verdict on the government...