The phrase "authority areas" refers to specific regions or territories where a particular authority or governing body holds power and control. Full definition
It found that around a fifth of local authority areas had no such school «within reasonable travel distance of pupils» in 2015, a situation that had not changed since 2010. (schoolsweek.co.uk)
The schools were in five local education authority areas with varying degrees of relative deprivation. (schoolsweek.co.uk)
Any local authority area where just a handful of schools are still not academies will be given no option but to convert. (bbc.co.uk)