Some liken plans to transfer ownership of school land from local authorities to central government to dissolution of monasteriesCouncils opposed to government plans to force all schools to become academies have raised concerns approximately what has been described by some as a land grab reminiscent of “the dissolution of the monasteries”.
Under current arrangements,when schools become academies they lease the land from local authorities. The current plans, however, and will see all school land transferred directly to the education secretary,Nicky Morgan, who will then grant leases to academy trusts.
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Source: theguardian.com