Fears about the availability of good sponsors for increasing numbers of academies has led to speculation that the government may look to the 16 to 19 institutions — 90 per cent of which are rated good or outstanding by Ofsted — to lead multi-academy trusts. (schoolsweek.co.uk)
If inadequate schools have long been eligible for conversion, and the DfE hasn't explicitly committed to turning all of them into academies, perhaps because it can not find enough good sponsors for them all. (schoolsweek.co.uk)
We have to continue to be careful and align ourselves with good sponsors.» (nreionline.com)