I am grateful to the Minister for his work in Committee, where I served, alongside other colleagues in the House. Does he agree that we see that the Opposition’s challenge that this is not an evidence-based policy simply does not stack up when we look at the example he has cited and at
academy sponsor trusts such as REAch2, Applegarth, STEP Academy Trust, WISE Academies, which have achieved astonishing turnarounds in a short time? Is this policy not just speeding up what works best?