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25/02/2014
New Sponsors To Be Found For Ten Academies
The Department of Education (DfE) is to find new sponsors for 10 E-Act academies in England after the schools inspector raised "serious concerns".
E-Act will retain control of 24 academies in England after Ofsted found ten to be under-performing.
A DfE spokesperson said that the department is taking "swift action to address underperformance in all schools".
Adding: "We welcome E-Act's decision to hand over a number of their academies to new sponsors.
"We hope this will mean E-Act can focus on raising standards in their remaining schools."
(MH/CD)
E-Act will retain control of 24 academies in England after Ofsted found ten to be under-performing.
A DfE spokesperson said that the department is taking "swift action to address underperformance in all schools".
Adding: "We welcome E-Act's decision to hand over a number of their academies to new sponsors.
"We hope this will mean E-Act can focus on raising standards in their remaining schools."
(MH/CD)
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