Latest government figures, released last week, show that eight schools set to become sponsored academies in the next few months are still yet to find a sponsor. (schoolsweek.co.uk)
«Local authorities are only required to cover a school's deficit costs if it has become a sponsored academy after a prolonged period of underperformance. (educationbusinessuk.net)
«However, there could also be competing explanations: the amount of [DfE] funding available to sponsors when a school became a sponsored academy reduced by 83 per cent between 2010 and 2014.» (schoolsweek.co.uk)