The National Audit Office (NAO) has questioned the Department for Education's (DfE's) handling of the financial
statements of academy trusts, sayin
Not exact matches
Would you want to
trust a parenting book written by people who have no related degrees and whose adult children have actively estranged themselves from their parents and that the American
Academy of Pediatrics has made a
statement against?
The Midland
Academies Trust released a statement in response to the report and acknowledged the shortcomings of disadvantaged pupils, it said: «We are aware of the achievement shortcomings for disadvantaged students within some parts of the trust for 2014, and have taken robust steps to overcome these, with some impact for 2015.&r
Trust released a
statement in response to the report and acknowledged the shortcomings
of disadvantaged pupils, it said: «We are aware
of the achievement shortcomings for disadvantaged students within some parts
of the
trust for 2014, and have taken robust steps to overcome these, with some impact for 2015.&r
trust for 2014, and have taken robust steps to overcome these, with some impact for 2015.»
The issues stem from the fact that the DfE has a different reporting period from that
of academy trusts, as the DfE produces financial
statements by a year end
of 31 march, whereas
academies have a year end
of 21 August - inline with the end
of the academic year.
Dr Jo Saxton, the
trust's current chief executive, said in a
statement: «We are delighted that Paul Smith is joining Future
Academies; he's committed to our
trust's values
of knowledge, aspiration and respect, and will work to help us to continue to improve the education and life chances
of even more children.
Cleland, in a
statement sent to Schools Week, said: «The education sector is facing a number
of significant financial challenges across the country with all schools,
academies and multi-academy
trusts being affected.
Of the 10 largest academy trusts with secondary schools investigated by Schools Week in January, just two, The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT) and Delta Academies Trust, provided copies of their policy statemen
Of the 10 largest
academy trusts with secondary schools investigated by Schools Week in January, just two, The Kemnal
Academies Trust (TKAT) and Delta
Academies Trust, provided copies
of their policy statemen
of their policy
statement.
Schools Week looked at the central websites
of the 10 largest
academy trusts and the websites
of a sample
of 10 per cent
of their schools to check if policy
statements had been published.
Of the 10 trusts investigated, only The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT) and Delta Academies Trust responded with a copy of their statement and proof of publicatio
Of the 10
trusts investigated, only The Kemnal
Academies Trust (TKAT) and Delta
Academies Trust responded with a copy
of their statement and proof of publicatio
of their
statement and proof
of publicatio
of publication.
«In the period
of a month since the monitoring visits, the
trust's new transition plan has led to significant progress and this was highlighted by the Department for Education during their recent visits to our
academies at the beginning
of October,» the
statement said.
In a
statement, the head
of E-Act, David Moran, acknowledged that standards at some
of the
trust's
academies were not acceptable.
In a
statement in response to Ms Morgan's comments, he said: «I am very clear that I have the powers to inspect the constituent
academies of a multi-academy
trust (MAT).
According to the
academy's trustees» report and financial
statements for 2016, governors decided «the interests
of the
academy, its staff and students would be best served by joining a multi-
academy trust».
Malcolm Reeve, the executive director
of SEND and inclusion at the
Academies Enterprise
Trust, said that pupils with EHCPs have the «protection»
of a plan or
statement, but those in the other category are forced to rely on how their schools interpret the SEND code
of practice.
Academy trusts completing financial
statements for the period ending 31 August 2017 should refer to the 2016 edition
of the handbook.