Independent: Education Select Committee report criticises converter academies as sponsors

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/governments-flagship-academies-are-failing-to-help-weaker-schools-says-select-committee-report-8923350.html

The Independent said: the "report says: “During this inquiry, we received overwhelming evidence that converter academies are not living up to this expectation and pulling their weight when it comes to other schools. “One submission suggested that many only ‘paid lip service to this requirement’ and another argued that converter academies were ‘working in isolation’.”

The relevant converter academy page report:
 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmeduc/269/26909.htm#a24