Multi Academy Trusts: Exploring partnership options for your school in West Sussex - Additional Session

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School Name

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District

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DfE Number

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Key Question 1. Has the Governing Body formally considered academising in the last four years?

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Key Question 2. To date, how many Trusts and what kind of Trusts have you explored or had conversations with?

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Key Question 5. In planning to be a part of a Trust Partnership by 2030, which of the following would be your preferred options (grade 1-5, 1 being your first choice and 5 being your last)?

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Join an established and larger MAT already active in West Sussex*

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Join with smaller local academies or MATs and be part of the growth of the Trust

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Seek a partnership with a Trust external to West Sussex

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Work with other maintained schools and with local authority support to establish a new local Trust partnership

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Work with the local authority to set up a local authority established MAT

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*A large or Strong Trust is defined by the DfE as being one with a strong school improvement approach, sound financial control, able to provide support to improve teaching quality, inclusive at all levels, and with circa 10 schools or 7,700 pupils within the Trust

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Key question 6. What are the current principles and organisational features of your school that you would insist on retaining should the school academise? Please state these.

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Key Question 7. What role do you see for the Local Authority in respect of moving all schools towards a Trust led system by 2030?

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Providing information for schools on MATs and options for schools

Distilling information on performance and quality on all MATs to be able to share this openly with schools

Actively seeking new MATs from outside of West Sussex for schools to engage with

Actively brokering partnerships between schools and existing Strong Trusts

Matching schools to MATs and facilitating the academisation process

Working with schools to help them set up their own collaboration

Setting up their own MATs and working with schools to join local authority established MATs

Other (please specify)

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Key Question 8. What do you feel would be the key challenges to overcome for the school to academise (you can select more than one)?

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Financial and future financial projection

Size of the school and both current and projected enrolment

Parent opinions

Staff preferences

Governing Body opposition

A lack of trust in the academy rationale

A perceived loss of local decision making

Loss of access to current support mechanisms

Other (please specify)