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Academies Act 2010
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Allowed all maintained schools in England to apply to become academies, independent of local authority control. Policy Exchange's 2007 report 'A Guide to School Reform' directly shaped the legislation. Michael Gove acknowledged it as the intellectual foundation of the academies programme.
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