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The latest news, analysis and case studies on multi-academy trusts, including trust growth, DfE policy and thought leadership from trust leaders

Wednesday

22nd Nov 2023

‘Fragile’ school finances behind academisation drive, says DfE
Regional director says five-year high in schools looking to convert is also due to trusts making a strong case, along with concern over ‘viability’ of smaller schools
More schools look to academise due to ‘fragile’ finances, says DfE

Wednesday

15th Nov 2023

Five DfE warnings over school buildings
Report sets out how government advisers want academy trusts to improve the management of their school estates
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10 questions with...Tom Campbell
The CEO of E-ACT talks about his own school days, the person who inspired him in his first headship and how he learned to love the MAT movement
10 questions with...Tom Campbell

Wednesday

8th Nov 2023

Ofsted reports ‘opaque’ without grades, warns Gibb
Schools minister tells MPs that ditching single-word judgements will lead to people pulling out lines from a report ‘like a theatre review’
Nick Gibb has warned that Ofsted reports will become opaque without single word judgements.

Tuesday

7th Nov 2023

‘Most’ Ofsted grades align with exam results
The findings follow concern that Ofsted judgements place too little weight on test and exam performance by schools
Ofsted grades and exam results

Friday

3rd Nov 2023

DfE issues ‘absurd’ threats to trusts with improving schools
Education leaders raise concerns as schools are labelled as ‘coasting’ after being upgraded by Ofsted
DfE issues ‘absurd’ threats to trusts with improving schools
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Wednesday

1st Nov 2023

9 in 10 teachers say Ofsted is not ‘reliable’ or ‘valid’
Union leaders warn that the findings by Beyond Ofsted show the next chief inspector has a ‘mountain to climb’
Nine in ten teachers in a new survey said that Ofsted is not reliable.

Friday

27th Oct 2023

Revealed: Ofsted MAT checks on hold until next April
With Ofsted announcing it will not carry out any more evaluations of MATs this financial year, 91¶¶Òõ looks at the key findings from its most recent reports
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Tuesday

17th Oct 2023

MAT inspections carry ‘huge risks’, MPs told
MPs have begun an inquiry into Ofsted’s work with schools – here are six highlights from the first evidence session
Ofsted inspections of multi-academy trusts are 'inevitable', MPs have been told

Friday

13th Oct 2023

CST chair Rob McDonough to step down
Vice-chair of the Confederation of School Trusts, Rory Blackwell, will act as interim chair while the process to find a replacement is ongoing
CST chair Rob McDonough moves on

Friday

6th Oct 2023

DfE drawing up country-wide MAT growth plans
The DfE is looking at producing subregional plans for areas such as London, setting out how it expects trusts to grow, a regional director has revealed
Country wide MAT growth plans

Thursday

5th Oct 2023

Weekly round-up: Teacher burnout and replacing A levels
This week’s essential education news includes a warning that teaching is becoming a ‘military tour of duty’, Sunak’s plan for a new qualification and worries about MAT finances
Weekly round-up: Teacher burnout and replacing A levels