One hundred academy trusts have disappeared over the past year amid growing numbers of mergers and takeovers.
Sector leaders highlight the benefits of scale, limited other ways to grow as academisation has slowed and chief executive retirements that make tie-ups easier.
But merging trusts also face hostility to takeovers, logistical headaches and limited guidance and funding, threatening to undermine the recent white paper’s consolidation drive.
Schools Week investigates…
