The government intends to speed up intervention in failing schools, it has been revealed during the Queen’s Speech at the official opening of Parliament on May 27th.

Under the Education and Adoption Bill, schools failed to be under-performing will ultimately become sponsored academies.

The Conservatives stated that “it is clear the solution” for what it describes as being “inadequate” schools is conversion into academies.

These are publicly funded independent establishments that can set their own curriculum and set their own term times.

Similar rules still apply but the clear distinction is that they receive money from central and not local government.

“[The bill] will also give us powers to intervene in coasting schools and will allow us to require action from those schools which have not seen pupils make sufficient progress,” the government plan outlined.

“It would [also] give regional schools commissioners powers to bring in leadership support from other excellent schools and heads, and would speed up the process of turning schools into academies.”

Responding to the Queen’s Speech, Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the bill was “silent” on what he says are two pressing issues.

A “looming crisis” is on the horizon regarding funding and recruitment and if this not addressed soon, then the profession faces real dangers, with “the entire education system” coming under “enormous pressure”, he continued.

Mr Trobe added: “They [schools and colleges] need to have a supply of high-quality teachers coming into the profession and sufficient levels of funding to provide the education which young people deserve and which the country needs for its future prosperity.”