In my opinion its an expensive and difficult step to justify at a small RF, natural evolution of an RF will often see it grow into a FTO
But, by 8 April 2015 all RFs will have to transition to an ATO with an approval fee of £1000 for the first 4 hours approval work and £173/hour thereafter. Would it be a reasonable assumption that the number of schools offering PPL training will reduce by 50% or even more?