Academy chains outperform state schools

Pupils in schools run by the best academy chains do significantly better than children at other state schools, research has shown. GCSE results were above average in schools run by nine academy sponsors, for poor children and other pupils, academics found.

The study, which looked at the performance of 31 academy chains, found a wide disparity, with children at several doing markedly worse. Some of these schools were offering a worse education to their poorest pupils, they said.

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