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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 21 January 2013.

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Photo of Michael Gove Michael Gove The Secretary of State for Education 2:30, 21 January 2013

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question. I fear we have reached a tipping point in the number of schools that have become academies at secondary level, with more than 52% of pupils now educated in academies. As a result of that, even in local authorities where there are perhaps one or two more small c conservative head teachers, I believe that the overwhelming evidence of the benefits that academies bring will ensure that we see more schools going down that path.