Education secretary Nicky Morgan has placed the Education and Adoption Bill 2015 before Parliament, setting out plans to force all "inadequate" schools to convert to academy status and make all "coasting" schools eligible for intervention.
In a statement, the Department for Education (DfE) has said that "coasting" schools would be put on a "notice to improve" and given support from a team of expert headteachers, but that those that do not show improvements will see their leadership replaced.
Officially recognising "coasting" schools as being eligible for intervention will also mean that the DfE can push for them to be taken over by academy chains.
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