Education ministers urged to investigate after failed trusts leave pupils in limboThe government has been urged to review its policy on multi-academy trusts after it was revealed that more than 40000 children were being educated in zombie schools” waiting to be transferred to another academy chain.
Department for Education figures,obtained through a freedom of information request, exhibit 64 academy schools are waiting to find a new sponsor after being abandoned by, and stripped from,the trust originally managing them. A calculation using the average number of pupils in state-funded primary and secondary schools in England – 279 and 946, respectively –suggests the 64 schools would contain more than 40000 students.
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Source: guardian.co.uk