The report by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) says without extra resources the government’s flagship education policy will falter and schools will not be able to meet more pressing challenges, including helping pupils catch up on lost learning from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The government wants all schools in England to be part of "strong" MATs of at least 10 schools or 7,500 pupils within the next seven years, even though just under halfof all mainstream schools are currently academised.
But ministers will particularly struggle to ensure that all small rural primary schools are part of MATs. The NFER warns that these are less attractive to existing trusts and may be unable to find suitable a suitable group of academies to join.
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