Two prominent academy sponsors have stated their intention to continue working in children's trusts, despite government plans to end such obligations.
Education Secretary Michael Gove told CYP Now during a press briefing last week that schools should be able to determine whether or not they work with local authorities or other children's services.
He said: "I don't think anyone at university or college doing their PGCE, dreaming about transforming young people's lives, thought 'it would be fantastic if in five years' time I might sit on a children's trust executive sub-committee'. That is not what people go into education for."
But Oasis, which runs 11 academies, and Ark, which runs eight, told CYP Now that their schools are committed to joint working arrangements.
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