The "sponsored academies" programme, an idea introduced under the Labour government, originally aimed to turn around failing secondary schools by shutting them down and reopening them as academies supported by money from private sponsors.
But today’s announcement will mean that failing primary schools will also be part of the scheme. According to the government there are around 1,400 primary schools below the minimum "floor standard", which means that less than 60 per cent of pupils reach a basic level in English and Maths by age 11.
Of these, about 500 have been below the floor standard for two or three years and a further 200 have fallen behind for the past five years.
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