Publishing two research reports into effective school improvement, the ADCS has called for every local authority to use both statutory powers and moral influence to hold schools to account when standards decline.
The two reports identify where local authorities have been successful in supporting school improvement in the past, and what they need to do to work with academies as well as maintained schools in the future.
Both reports highlight concerns among headteachers, governors and local government officials that there are risks involved in increasing school autonomy whether through the academy programme or a reduced role for the local authority with maintained schools.
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