The report makes a number of important conclusions. As the Education Bill makes its way through the legislative process, Ministers must review the impact of academisation on primary schools.
Commenting on 'Stuck' Schools, a study from the Education Policy Institute and UCL Institute of Education, on the need for greater support for underperforming schools, Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said:
“This is an important report on ‘stuck’ schools. The researchers’ findings demolish the Government’s claim that joining a MAT will improve schools’ outcomes. They found that there is no positive effect or negative effect for primary schools joining a MAT. Ministers must recognise that a change of a school’s governance is not the magic solution they claim it to be.
