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New briefing scans the school system landscape
A new briefing out today from PLMR, one of the country’s leading communications consultancies, is a state of the nation-style report on the school system in England.
The briefing, Academies: where
are we at and what comes
next?, offers an overview of what the school system currently looks like and the direction in which it is headed. It uses data from the Department for Education to show that academies are a major part of the school system, with more than half of children and young people already attending one.
As the school system is rapidly approaching the 10,000th academy opening, the logic of a continued fragmentation with the school system split between academy and local authority maintained schools may not make sense for much longer.
PLMR suggests a number of questions and factors for schools and trusts to consider as a starting point for thinking about the best options for a school or trust, given the current landscape, in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for both pupils and staff.
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