Friesland School 7 th November 2017 Multi Academy Trust A Multi - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Presentation to Friesland School

7th November 2017

Multi Academy Trust

• A Multi Academy Trust (MAT) is a group of schools

who form a charitable company and who work together with one single group of ‘members’ who have an overview and a single Board of Trustees. The MAT is responsible for each of the academies in the trust.

• Mission: to raise the educational standards and better the

life chances of students within the MAT through working in partnership to challenge and supporting all schools to continually improve.

Why a MAT?

• Government Policy: “Schools led system” MATs of between 8 –

12 schools is preferred (sustainable) model

• Stronger more secure long term future
• Schools collaborating, sharing good practice to improve

standards for all students

• Staff – career progression opportunities, staff retention,

enhanced CPD

• Financial efficiencies (schools budgets will be reduced)
• Curriculum enrichment opportunities
• Capacity to sponsor and then support under-performing

schools to improve

MAT STRUCTURE

Individual Schools Headteachers / LGBs Trustees

Board of 9 Trustees Specific Skills Sets: Finance, HR, Admin, Education etc.

MAT Members

5 Members Founding Members from 3 schools

MAT – local partnership

Members (5) MAT Board (9)

(Trustees: Finance, Education, Admin, HR etc)

Ashfield School LGB Swanwick Hall School LGB Selston High School LGB

Headteacher Headteacher Headteacher

Manor Academy LGB

Exec Headteacher

Frederick Gent School LGB

Headteacher

‘Local’ School

• Retain Local Governing Body
• Retain the following:

– Values and ethos – School name – DfE number – Inspected as a stand alone school – Existing terms and conditions – Uniform – Start / finish times / lesson times – School holidays

Terms and Conditions

• Teaching Staff

– Continue with national pay scales – STPCD – Burgundy Book – Joint Consultation Committee established

• Support Staff

– Harmonisation of term and conditions – Harmonised pay scale

• Harmonised employment policies in consultation

with unions for all staff in the MAT

Why joint the MAT?

• High profile MAT , known to RSC running the preferred model of

future school improvement sponsor schools offered

• Local school-to-school support serving the local community and

pupils “can you get to a meeting after school” test

• Financial savings / efficiencies by working together – Chief

Financial Officer in post savings already secured for 3 schools

• Financially strong – over £32m with projected MAT carry forward
• f £2.1m
• Automatic access to Capital Build money which the MAT decides

how to spend 6 schools 5400 pupils

• Enhanced CPD opportunities for staff, including HTs, career

progression & retention of good staff

• Good schools – continue doing what you are doing – full

autonomy for governors / HTs

Questions / Observations