In today's Budget, the chancellor will set out plans to ensure that all schools become academies, independent of local authorities. Councils who've been working hard to maintain and improve standards are horrified.
Chancellor George Osborne has announced the biggest overhaul in education in more than a century. Secondary schools will finish an hour later and every school will become an academy
It means in Hampshire - excluding Southampton and Portsmouth - that 439 schools will need to change - 47 are already academies.
Across Wiltshire, there are more than a 70 academies but 164 will still need to adapt.
And in West Sussex, there are already 52, so 177 of their state schools will need to switch by 2020.
Social affairs correspondent Christine Alsford reports.
Plans to take every school in England out of the control of local councils and extend the school day are set to be announced in the Budget.
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In among the hours of debate ahead over the Budget, some words will crop up more often than others. Here's our guide to the key terms.