Conservative-led county councils West Sussex and Warwickshire are the latest local authorities to write to education secretary Nicky Morgan opposing the plans.
Mounting opposition from councils to the plans is coming to light as they are responding formally to the proposals set out in the education White Paper.
The leader of West Sussex County Council has written to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan with her concerns.
County council leader Louise Goldsmith has warned that the plans will make it harder for councils to fulfil statutory duties to provide enough school places for children and to provide for vulnerable children.
In her letter she said, ‘I have reservations that the “one size fits all” academies approach that ministers are proposing does not seem to promote any benefits to pupils and parents in West Sussex.”’
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