The report questioned the academy model
as a
viable option for improving the prospects of disadvantaged pupils, claiming that evidence does not yet support the Department for
Education's claims that sponsored academies are transforming the performance of the most disadvantaged pupils and turning around the worst performing schools.
What» s really happening here are big structural changes across the industry
as the traditional model of private
education — at both levels — becomes unaffordable, unnecessary, or both, and
as more
viable options for students and families present themselves.