The proposal by Gwynedd Council, a rural authority where most primary schools have only four teachers or less, will see 55 existing schools transformed into 18 federations by 2013.
By introducing federal schools, which bring together three or four small schools under one head teacher but retain the original sites, the authority aims to minimise closures.
Each federation will have one lead head, responsible for strategy and planning, as well as assistant heads at each site who are responsible for the day-to-day running of the school.
There will be just one governing body and one budget per federation. The average school size will increase from 94 pupils to 206.
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