More than 1,200 academies have opened since June 2010. Operating outside local authority control, academies receive money from central government to run the services that councils provide for maintained schools.
However, concerns have been raised that some have been displaying a "drawbridge mentality" cutting themselves off from local joint-working arrangements.
Speaking at a conference on the future role of councils in supporting young people in London today (17 January), Loughton stressed that academies retain the same duties as maintained schools.
However, he added that the duty would not be made statutory, as this would not chime with government policy.
"Academies need to be around the table with everybody else," he said, responding to a question on the issue.
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