Profit-making academies ruled out

2 July 2013 Last updated at 16:47 GMT By Hannah Richardson BBC News education reporter Primary schools are also being encouraged to convert to academy status The Department for Education has strenuously denied it has plans to allow academies and free schools to make a profit.A document seen by the BBC suggests its most senior civil servant has proposed reclassifying academies as private firms, which some say could potentially allow them to make a profit.Currently the state-funded, privately

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