The figures for primary schools make for similar reading, with eight per
cent of sponsored academies that were inadequate before converting getting another inadequate in their first Ofsted inspection.
To support the fact that councils are doing a good job at keeping standards high in schools, the report reveals that 89 per cent of council - maintained schools are rated as good or outstanding, compared to 62 per
cent of sponsored academies; 88.5 per cent of convertor academies; and 82 per cent of free schools.
Not exact matches
«With more than 80 per
cent of council maintained schools currently rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted, and only three
of the 20 largest
academy chains viable to take on additional schools, high performing maintained schools should also be able to
sponsor struggling schools, without having to go through
academy status first.
For example, only four per
cent of academies in North
of England and Lancashire are
sponsored academies, compared to 12 per
cent in the East
of England and North - East London.
However the DfE highlighted a number
of facts which they said show
academies are having a positive impact on young people, including that
sponsored academies have GCSE results more than six per
cent above their predecessor schools, compared to 1.3 per
cent higher in non-
academies.
«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.»
The five A * - C benchmark for Chinese pupils at local authority maintained (LA) schools fell 7.9 per
cent, while the similar scores
of Chinese pupils in
sponsored academies dipped just 0.1 per
cent.
The number
of sponsored academies currently rated as good or outstanding is actually 58 per
cent, as previously explained by Schools Week.
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.