Recently, BBC’s Radio 4 aired a story about a primary school being compelled to become an academy. As reporter Simon Cox presented both sides of the argument, school children were heard chanting the slogan “Save our School” in the distant background. I can’t help but wonder whether what effect conversion would really have on the school. The children will of course still have a school. There are no plans to close it and open a supermarket on the site. So what would be ‘saved’ if the protesting children get their wish? The existing staff and governors, of course, and maybe that is where the problems lie, hence academy status is on its way.