The Labour Group has expressed opposition to the government’s announcement that all schools in Swindon have to become an academy by 2022. The Labour Group believe that converting Council Maintained schools to an academy, regardless of whether they are good our outstanding, would distract schools from focussing on driving pupil progress, instead turning their attention to passing through bureaucratic hoops to obtaining academy status. The Labour Group has expressed opposition to the government’s announcement that all schools in Swindon have…