From the BBC:
The first academy backed by mayor Boris Johnson is to open in London next year, but his overtures to a second school have been rejected and there is so far little sign of support for his plans among London's boroughs...plans for a second academy in Sheen in west London - also run in partnership between the mayor and AET - have been rejected. Richmond Council said it would be too complicated and bureaucratic to involve the mayor.
The thing about academies is that they seem to succeed or fail depending on the skill and values of those running them - just like any other sort of school. Also, did anyone ever answer the question asked at an LDA board meeting earlier this year about what happens to academy funding from that source if a different Mayor wants to end the policy?
