Education secretary Gavin Williamson outlined a raft of policies to revive the academies programme by nudging schools into converting and growing MATs.
Plans include formalising ‘try before you buy’ MAT membership, supporting growth of religious trusts and looking at forcing conversion of long-term ‘requires improvement’ schools (see page 5 round-up).
A Schools Week investigation has established the push to academise comes amid a slump in conversion rates – which started before the pandemic.
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/academies-minister-questions-moral-purpose-of-single-school-heads/
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