According to government statistics, there were 17
sponsored academy trusts established by universities with 38 schools as of October 1 last year.
Not exact matches
On Local Government, the third post in our series on
sponsored academies: Brooke Weston
Trust - boosting standards in Northants and Cambridgeshire
First held in 1949, the 70th Annual State Science Day is
sponsored by: The Ohio
Academy of Science, American Electric Power, Battelle, Ethicon, The Ohio Environmental Education Fund, The Ohio Tuition
Trust Authority and The Ohio State University.
The report focuses on the arrangements for converting schools to
academies, including the robustness, cost and speed of the conversion process, and the availability of
sponsors and multi-academy
trusts to support schools to convert to
academies.
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.
Whilst this might not have been an issue for schools becoming
academies on their own (as a single
academy trust) this is becoming more of an issue for multi ‑
academy trusts and particularly for
sponsored academies who may be reluctant to inherit either crumbling buildings or new buildings commissioned by a local authorities without a full set of warranties.
Since September 2010, 2,949 Primary Schools have become
academies, 943 of which are «
sponsored academies» — with
sponsors including businesses, universities, other schools, faith groups or voluntary groups, who have majority control of the
academy trust.
Focus Education, which is set to host a series of «Becoming an
Academy» events this summer providing insight and guidance on how to approach the transition, is the
sponsor of the charitable multi-
academy trust, Focus Trust, which was established in
trust, Focus
Trust, which was established in
Trust, which was established in 2013.
The
academy opened in a disadvantaged part of western Newcastle in 2008, it is a
sponsored academy, supported by the Laidlaw Schools
Trust, and has since become an all ‑ through school, with an on - site primary.
The Sutton
Trust report - Chain Effects 2017 - written by Merryn Hutchings and Becky Francis, which is now in its fourth year, looks at the results of disadvantaged pupils in
academy chains with at least two
sponsored academies for at least three years.
They might even partner with an existing non-selective school within a multi-
academy trust or
sponsor a currently underperforming non-selective
academy.»
«North Yorkshire County Council supports the application from Heathfield
Academy Trust, which already
sponsors a number of schools near Catterick and who the DfE identified as a potential
sponsor for the new school in Catterick.
«Although happy to support the application from Heathfield
Academy Trust, we understand that it is a competitive process and that a final decision on the
sponsor will be taken by the Secretary of State.»
It set up an
academy trust to
sponsor Messing Primary School, which was in special measures at the time.
In her time there she has been instrumental in the school progressing from special measures to good and the successful conversion to a
sponsored academy as part of a multi-
academy trust.
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.
Winner: Ormiston
Academies Trust Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT) is a not - for - profit multi-academy trust, sponsoring over 31 primary and secondary academies, si
Academies Trust Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT) is a not - for - profit multi-academy trust, sponsoring over 31 primary and secondary academies, since
Trust Ormiston
Academies Trust (OAT) is a not - for - profit multi-academy trust, sponsoring over 31 primary and secondary academies, si
Academies Trust (OAT) is a not - for - profit multi-academy trust, sponsoring over 31 primary and secondary academies, since
Trust (OAT) is a not - for - profit multi-academy
trust, sponsoring over 31 primary and secondary academies, since
trust,
sponsoring over 31 primary and secondary
academies, si
academies, since 2008.
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).
As National Director for Strategy and Quality Improvement for Ormiston
Academies Trust (OAT)-- which has sponsored academies since 2009, and currently has 36 academies (30 secondary, five primary, and one all - through special school)-- Amelia will be responsible for OAT's overall policy and planning work, its fundraising strategy and its corporate go
Academies Trust (OAT)-- which has
sponsored academies since 2009, and currently has 36 academies (30 secondary, five primary, and one all - through special school)-- Amelia will be responsible for OAT's overall policy and planning work, its fundraising strategy and its corporate go
academies since 2009, and currently has 36
academies (30 secondary, five primary, and one all - through special school)-- Amelia will be responsible for OAT's overall policy and planning work, its fundraising strategy and its corporate go
academies (30 secondary, five primary, and one all - through special school)-- Amelia will be responsible for OAT's overall policy and planning work, its fundraising strategy and its corporate governance.
Dr Edmond analysed 23 universities identified by the Department for Education as the «lead
sponsor» of individual
academies, multi-academy
trusts, free schools and university training schools.
Their duties, according to the job advert, include monitoring performance and intervening in underperforming
academies, managing
academy trusts,
sponsors and local authorities, and providing strategic advice to RSCs and ministers.
More than 30 teaching posts are reportedly under threat across schools
sponsored by the University of Chester
Academy Trust (UCAT).
Donations from wealthy
sponsors are helping
academy trusts to safeguard school trips, breakfast clubs and sports competitions as other schools are forced to axe provision as the funding...
Donations from wealthy
sponsors are helping
academy trusts to safeguard school trips, breakfast clubs and sports competitions as other schools are forced to axe provision as the funding squeeze bites.
As part of the process of securing a positive new future for Jerounds Primary School, the National Education
Trust (NETAT) has been proposed as the new
sponsor for the school as it changes from being run by Essex County Council to becoming a new
academy.
It is run by the educational
trust CfBT, which already
sponsors two
academies and is working on two further free school proposals.
For Church of England
sponsored academies, the memorandum states that the Secretary of State and the National Society both expect a diocesan or strong church school - led
academy trust will be the
sponsor for any church
academy.
The establishment of the National Education
Trust (NET), already a highly regarded educational organisation, as a
sponsor of
academies, was a carefully considered move by its trustees.
The Department for Education currently «grade»
academy sponsors but have refused to release information about the grade levels, or how they are decided, even to leaders of
academy trusts.
And while the deficit remains with
academy trusts, several pension experts said the government would ultimately have to cough up should a
trust collapse without a new
sponsor — something described as a «extreme circumstance» by John Wright, head of public sector at pensions firm Hymans Robertson.
But one
academy chain source says the Department for Education has been clear that
trusts must become sustainable and not rely on their
sponsor's cash.
The Department for Education has threatened to rebroker Central Devon
Academy and North Devon Academy, two alternative provision schools run by the multi academy trust SchoolsCompany, to another s
Academy and North Devon
Academy, two alternative provision schools run by the multi academy trust SchoolsCompany, to another s
Academy, two alternative provision schools run by the multi
academy trust SchoolsCompany, to another s
academy trust SchoolsCompany, to another
sponsor.
Three of the four schools run by Midland
Academies Trust, which is sponsored by North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College, are rated «requires improvement»; two have fallen from «good» since the trust took over and another only recently rose from «inadequate&ra
Trust, which is
sponsored by North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College, are rated «requires improvement»; two have fallen from «good» since the
trust took over and another only recently rose from «inadequate&ra
trust took over and another only recently rose from «inadequate».
The Sutton
Trust in its fourth annual report on
academy chains, Chain Effects 2017 — The impact of
academy chains on low income students, reveals the continued lack of impact
academy chains are having in turning around the low attainment levels of disadvantaged students, a stated aim of the original
sponsored academies programme.
The council said in a letter that a new
sponsor must be found for the
academy and has stepped in to support the Education Central Multi-
Academy Trust (ECMAT), the school's current
sponsors.
The report said that while large
trusts did tend to have a higher number of
sponsored academies and so might need to «act more quickly» to remove a head, this didn't explain all the difference.
Even after accounting for
sponsored academies, more heads left MATs with between six and 30 schools than in single
academy trusts.
Some
academy trusts are already charitable arms of such companies:: The Learning Schools
Trust operates
academies on behalf of for - profit Kunskapsskolan, The Collaborative Academies Trust is sponsored by EdisonLearning and GEMS Learning Trust is the non-profit arm of GEMS Education S
academies on behalf of for - profit Kunskapsskolan, The Collaborative
Academies Trust is sponsored by EdisonLearning and GEMS Learning Trust is the non-profit arm of GEMS Education S
Academies Trust is
sponsored by EdisonLearning and GEMS Learning
Trust is the non-profit arm of GEMS Education Solutions.
An
academy trust that was rapped by the government over financial mismanagement relating to its former private company
sponsor faces having the funding scrapped for one of its schools after an «inadequate» Ofsted inspection.
The government stopped judging regional commissioners on how many schools in their regions were in need of an
academy trust after figures revealed far more
sponsors were needed...
And don't forget the three
academies sponsored by the Learning Schools
Trust, the charitable arm of for - profit Kunskapsskolan.
The
Trust was originally established by the National Education
Trust (NET), a charity set up in 2006 to focus on school improvement across the country, and already
sponsors 7
academies.
Where we have concerns about an
academy trust's ability to improve performance, we will intervene to find a strong
sponsor for the school.
And this continues under the
sponsored -
academy model, where failing schools are taken over and run by an
academy trust.
Funds are only given to
trusts supporting either an «inadequate» - rated maintained school that is not converting to
academy status, or an «inadequate»
academy which is not moving
sponsor.
It's due to be handed to a new
sponsor (at taxpayers» expense), the Paradigm
Trust, a small London - based
academy chain with no experience of secondary education.
Complications may arise for
academy trusts that are
sponsored, as they may have a corporate member as well as individual member.
Nov 2015: Monitoring: «Plans are in place for the school to convert to an
academy sponsored by the Wakefield City
Academies Trust.
The Wakefield City
Academies Trust (WCAT) will no longer
sponsor Hanson
academy, in Bradford, after it finishes a 12 - month «try before you buy» period in which it provided support to the school.
The Cumbria Education
Trust has been named as the government's preferred
sponsor for the struggling Whitehaven
Academy.