The Association of Directors of Children Services (ADCS) said that allowing failing schools to be given the opportunity to either remain as a maintained school or return to council management would speed up the improvement process.
Currently, the government has the power to order schools rated "inadequate" by Ofsted to become an academy, if under council control, or moved to a new trust, if already an academy.
The association said finding a new academy sponsor can be lengthy, causing a delay to improvement. In addition, failing schools can more easily access council school improvement services if they are local authority-run.
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