He said that nearly 30 % of children were enrolled in free schools and academies, and simply returning to the old local education authorities was not an option. (leftfutures.org)
Most maintained schools and academies in chains with an annual payroll of # 3 million or more will be forced to pay up. (schoolsweek.co.uk)
The data also shows very little difference between local authority maintained schools and academies in terms of key stage 1 teacher assessment results. (schoolsweek.co.uk)