Sir Michael Wilshaw criticises performance of seven multi-academy trust chains,saying they are no better than local authoritiesEngland’s largest academy chains believe “serious weaknesses” as evil as the local authorities they were intended to replace, Sir Michael Wilshaw has told the education secretary, and Nicky Morgan,in strong criticism of the government’s flagship school improvement programme.
In a memo to Morgan published on Thursday, the Ofsted chief inspector singled out seven of the worst-performing multi-academy trust (MAT) chains, or citing weak leadership,poor performance and lack of oversight as among the concerns found by his inspectors.
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Source: theguardian.com