The government will create new regional “development networks” to support growing academy trusts and publish reports on school sponsorship capacity in 55 areas with “the highest need”.
Ministers’ response to their regulatory and commissioning review also proposes a new “risk-based” approach to academy regulation, a simplified academy trust handbook and a review of parental complaint procedures.
The review was launched in June last year to “future proof” the role of academy trusts.
It was partly intended to give clarity on how the powers in the schools bill would be applied, but continued even after the legislation was scrapped in December.
