Arguments Against The Academy Plan

The Academy Plan, with which state schools in the UK will turn into academies, found much opposition in the House of Commons, forcing members from opposite parties to seek a coalition against it. Members from all sides, as well as teachers, can agree on arguments against the Academy Plan and the mental health cuts education has already been through. George Osborne, Chancellor of the Excheqeur, who is responsible for all economic and financial matters of the country, has announced his plan to drastically change the school system structure by turning all state schools into academies by 2022, in order for schools to gain independence from local authorities and be autonomous, which will hopefully save money from the budget that can be used for

The schools that were converted into academies from 2010 cost about 323 million pounds and it is estimated that about 66000 pounds are needed for the conversion of each school. It seems to many an unnecessary waste of funds, at a time that school budgets are already cut. “These new figures show the real cost of this reorganisation and lead me to ask, yet again, why? Schools don’t need this, parents, communities, teachers and school leaders don’t want it, and now we find that it’s going to cost over £1bn, money which could be better spent driving up standards,” argues

Through this programme support can be available to students when they need it. “We don’t intend peer support to be a replacement for specialist support from a mental health professional, but we do think that good peer support might be able to help to ensure young people get the help that they need. We want to create an environment, in schools, colleges, community groups and online, which promotes good mental wellbeing and helps young people to have the knowledge and confidence to be able to support one another,” they