Academies have no obligation to provide teacher cpd

Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/poll/2013/oct/09/professional-development-schools-poll 

Continuous Professional Development CPD: chief executive of the Teacher Development Trust, David Weston, said this lack of regulation has "pulled the rug out from under headteachers". He says that, although maintained schools are required to have five days of training every year, there are no real rules on what they do with this time, and academies need not comply at all.