Academies are facing an uncertain future after the latest critical report into their performance.
The fifth annual report into academies by Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC) found that the proportion of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds has fallen by six per cent compared with one per cent across England (CYP Now, 4-10 December).
Now that New Labour's chief champion of academies, Lord Adonis, has left the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), educationalists are questioning the direction of the academies programme, which was supposed to drive up standards in the most deprived areas.
The PWC report also found little evidence that academy status improves performance and permanent exclusions are still higher than the English average in 16 out of 24 schools.
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