MAT Tracker

A tool tracking the growth of multi-academy trusts in England – with deep-dive analysis of MAT data and essential guides to key aspects of the trust system

Friday

11th Oct 2024

The ‘perverse incentives’ facing primary MATs
Findings shared with Tes reveal financial reserves are five times lower at all-primary trusts than those with no primaries
Primary school money

Friday

4th Oct 2024

DfE’s West Midlands regional director to retire
Andrew Warren, who has headed up the region for six years, says ‘it feels like the right time’ to depart
Andrew Warren
Regional board highlights: pre- and post-election decisions
Your essential guide to the key Regions Group decisions across the country in the period before and after the 2024 general election
MAT Tracker: regional board decisions pre- and post-election
Regional board highlights: May 2024
Your essential guide to the key regional advisory board decisions in May 2024 across the country
Regional board highlights: May 2024

Friday

27th Sep 2024

Demand soars for ‘emergency’ school improvement cash
Tes investigation also reveals that most multi-academy trusts end up taking on schools they have helped using DfE grant
Demand soars for ‘emergency’ school improvement cash
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Wednesday

4th Sep 2024

Dartmoor MAT chief moves to Cornwall trust
Dan Morrow will join Cornwall Education Learning Trust in January
Dartmoor MAT chief moves to Cornwall trust

Tuesday

3rd Sep 2024

Major MAT changes name to become Lift Schools
CEO Becks Boomer-Clark, says the former Academies Enterprise Trust’s name change is a ‘powerful statement’ about its future
AET has changed its name to Lift Schools

Friday

19th Jul 2024

MAT growth decisions: key trends from 2023-24
Which regions are approving the most MAT mergers, and how many new primary academies are there? Tes explores the data to find out
Mat tracker

Friday

28th Jun 2024

5 MAT growth lessons we learned so you don’t have to
From appointing the right heads to improving central teams’ alignment on school improvement, these are some key growth lessons, says the CEO of 60-school REAch2
5 MAT growth lessons we learned so you don’t have to

Friday

21st Jun 2024

Trust capacity grants fall £33m short of bids
Leaders say they have to ‘significantly scale back’ growth plans due to widening shortfalls in capacity funding allocations as revealed by Tes
Trust capacity grants fall £33m short of bids
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Regional board highlights: April 2024
Your essential guide to the key regional advisory board decisions in April 2024 across the country
MAT tracker Regional board highlights: April 2024

Thursday

20th Jun 2024

Concern as MAT growth advisory meetings halted
Leader calls for ‘full transparency about academy decisions’ as Tes reveals that regional advisory boards will not meet or publish minutes in pre-election period
Concern as MAT growth advisory meetings halted
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