Sentences with phrase «multi academy trusts»

«In addition to this RSCs provide crucial support to schools by approving academy conversions, recruiting new sponsors and setting up Multi Academy Trusts to provide a structure for sustaining support and raising standards in schools.»

There is one irony in this: Multi Academy Trusts receive all the funding for academies in their area and can redistribute it among them according to the Trust Board's priorities.

We hope that other schools from within the partnership will choose to join The Three Rivers in due course, as the development of Multi Academy Trusts grows across the country.

Multi academy trusts are really collaborative within themselves but not enough with each other

As well as our Platform for third party apps, we have also created analytics products that help schools and Multi Academy Trusts (MATs) better understand their performance.

«Our strongest MATs [Multi Academy Trusts] build their improvement strategy through a relentless focus on teaching and leadership development»

We currently have over 120 clusters of school that representative a variety of structures including; Multi Academy Trusts, School Sport Partnerships, Teaching Alliances and County Sports Partnership.

This is so typical of so many multi academy trusts and the local authority is powerless to intervene.

The National Union of Teachers has written to several schools and multi academy trusts running?»

And while Ofsted and the regional schools» commissioners engage in turf disputes about who inspects what, it pains me to say that some multi academy trusts get away with the fraudulent misuse of public money which has been given to them for children's education.

This will enable us to continue to grow teaching school alliances, continue to grow national leaders of education and continue to support and develop existing and new high quality multi academy trusts.

There is absolutely no uniformity in how Multi Academy Trusts are managing their asbestos, and no standardised procedures followed when schools transfer to academy trusts.

The DfE preferred model is for Multi Academy Trusts (MATs).

«We are not aware of any official correspondence to parent multi academy trusts on the matter,» he claimed

Figures released today by the Joint Union Asbestos Committee (JUAC) in conjunction with the campaigner Lucie Stephens and Rachel Reeves MP, reveal the shocking disparity in asbestos management across Multi Academy Trusts (MATs) and reinforce the need for the Government to take urgent action.

He was the Midlands Regional Director for Future Leaders and serves on two Multi Academy Trusts as a Director and is a Governor of an Academy and Community School in Coventry.

The number of academies and multi academy trusts (MATs) increases on a monthly basis.

Those governing academies are a little bit more positive, but really not that much: 70 per cent of trustees of multi academy trusts (MATs) are negative about government policy.

The education select committee questioned three of the country's regional schools commissioners (RSC) to give evidence into an inquiry into multi academy trusts.

As a leading provider of premises services solutions to schools, academies and multi academy trusts throughout the UK, Strictly Education has been providing support to schools across the UK and helping clients identify risks to remain compliant with health and safety legislation with a range of property support options.

Over 60 per cent of secondary schools have converted to academies and most of them are part of Multi Academy Trusts (MATs).

The landscape going forward As every school becomes an academy we will see further Multi Academy Trusts (MATs) evolve.

Strictly Education is the UK's leading provider of professional support services and solutions to schools, academies and Multi Academy Trusts since 2002.

In addition to offering their SEF for free to all schools Bluewave Education is also offering a facility for academy chains, federations and Multi Academy Trusts, whereby a Common Inspection Framework can be distributed to their family of schools and the responses can be aggregated for analysis and reporting.

The report raised concerns that the supply of new head teachers is declining just as the demand is set to increase, citing plans to create 500 free schools, which will require new executive head roles in multi academy trusts.

This will include state - funded schools and multi academy trusts, charities and research organisations, independent schools and universities.

He calls on northern local authorities to do more to support academy programmes and «facilitate the growth of strong and effective multi academy trusts» because «it is in the interests of local children and young people to do so».

Returning to the show this year, we have the FASNA sponsored MAT Summit, providing a unique insight into governance and best - practice and available funding for Multi Academy Trusts.

Academisation is a relatively new education structure for schools and with this comes need for schools, academies and multi academy trusts (MATs) to share experiences and advice.

As well as forcing schools to become academies, the government intends to remove the requirement for governing bodies to have parent governors, with multi academy trusts (MAT) being able to close down the governing bodies of individual schools.

There are three models: Multi Academy Trust (MAT); Umbrella Trust (UT); and Collaboration Agreement (CA).

With this in mind and whatever the governance structure in place (single converter or a more complex multi academy trust model), it is essential that governing body members understand their role in ensuring that risk and risk management is taken seriously and is part of their accountability to parents, the wider public and other stakeholders.

Advising other schools on choosing a cashless system, Sam Tse from South Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust said: «Communicate with parents well in advance regarding reasons behind the change and the benefits to themselves and the school.

John F. Kennedy School is a four to 19 special needs school within the Learning and Harmony Multi Academy Trust.

Sam Tse, head of finance at the South Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust, adopted a ParentPay system in 2015 to redirect valuable staff resource away from cash management and income tracking, as well as reduce the risk of money being lost.

With informed and practical advice on how to work within an academy to achieve a world - class level of education, this is a must - attend session for all academy and multi academy trust (MAT) leaders and teachers.

Recommended workshops on Wednesday 18th include: «How to make cost savings and make your budget go further» by the TES Foundation; «Exploiting the opportunity for change within the Finance Function, when creating or growing a Multi Academy Trust» by Will Jordan of PD Financials; and» Simplifying procurement - a master class in procuring and practical everyday top tips» by ESPO.

Exhibitors at the Conference included Amadeus; Langley Waterproofing Systems; BlueSky; PS Financials, who discussed «Exploiting the opportunity for change within the Finance Function, when creating or growing a Multi Academy Trust»; Civica with their Resource Financials; Capita SIMS; Bodet; and the Association of School and College Leaders.

For any small school the challenges that come with more regulation are impractical to undertake as a single entity; they will be much better placed to join a Multi Academy Trust and share in the central support functions they can supply.

Whether we like it or not, it appears that more and more schools will become «married» as part of a Multi Academy Trust in the years ahead; leaving behind their relative independence (and the varying quality of parenting provided by different Local Authorities) in order to enter into an often polygamous lifelong partnership with other schools.

It is possible now for a relatively inexperienced head teacher with limited experience to become an executive principal and then a CEO of a multi academy trust.

SIP phone services also enable free site - to - site calls, so if you're a Multi Academy Trust, all phone calls between sites won't cost you a penny.

The head teacher of a school judged to be Good or Outstanding, irrespective of its context, is being encouraged to sponsor other schools and become de facto the executive principal and then CEO of the multi academy trust created.

Sam Tse, Head of Finance at the South Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust had a list of key requirements a solution should meet before coming to a decision; including competitive pricing, flexibility and ease of use for both the school and parents.

Speaking about the Trust and its aspirations, CEO, Professor Sonia Blandford, said: «Over the past two years, Park House School and Achievement for All have been working closely with the Department for Education to design a Multi Academy Trust that puts children and young people at the centre of everything we do.

Achievement for All Education Trust, a not for profit organisation, has been granted Sponsor and Multi Academy Trust status by the Department for Education and will be forming a Multi Academy Trust (MAT).

Wolverhampton was among those in charge of a large MAT, the Education Central Multi Academy Trust.

Executive head teacher Karen Holmes, of Saints Way Church of England Multi Academy Trust, said she was «furious» when she discovered the funding for her schools had come to an end.

As a former director of a rural multi academy trust that receives pupil funding at the lower end of the spectrum, this amount of money being spent to make up for naivity and incompetence is shameful.

If traditional governors have been side - lined by the rise of the Multi Academy Trust, what of the parents?