Standalone and small multi-academy trusts will wither away as mergers fuel the growth of larger trusts, according to leaked Department for Education documents seen by Schools Week.
The news comes as a Schools Week analysis suggests a merger was approved every five days over the past year. It lays bare the scale of growth in large MATs and the decline in standalone trusts in recent years.
All academies would be in MATs by 2027 if the pace of expansion seen last year were to be sustained, our analysis suggests.
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/death-of-the-single-academy-leaked-documents-reveal-dfe-vision/
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