{"id":2797,"date":"2022-05-15T18:21:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T18:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elastik.com\/?p=2797"},"modified":"2022-05-16T06:55:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T06:55:28","slug":"multi-academy-trusts-what-does-the-future-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elastik.com\/en\/multi-academy-trusts-what-does-the-future-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi Academy Trusts: what does the future hold?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multi-academy trusts are one of the key strands of the Government\u2019s plans to drive up standards in education and achieve their goals in literacy and numeracy.<\/p>\n

\u2018By 2030, all children will benefit from being taught in a family of schools, with their school in a strong multi academy trust or with plans to join or form one.<\/a><\/strong>\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Opportunity for all: strong schools with great teachers for your child\u2019<\/span> Schools White Paper, March 2022 <\/span><\/p>\n

In this week\u2019s Queen\u2019s speech, the Government announced the introduction of the Schools Bill – designed to \u201chelp every child fulfil their potential wherever they live\u201d and improve the quality of UK schools.\u00a0 <\/span>Also included in the Bill were plans to encourage all schools to become academies by 2030 – giving local authorities the ability to run multi-academy trusts.<\/p>\n

This will mean a major change to the educational landscape.<\/p>\n

According to the recent white paper, there are currently around 10,000 academies in the UK – 87% of which are part of an academy trust. However, only 44% of mainstream schools are currently academies.<\/p>\n

The future change from mainstream schools to academies is expected to be delivered through the growth of existing trusts and the establishment of new trusts, including local authority trusts.<\/p>\n

There are hot debates around the subject of academies and academy trusts – inevitably new ideas bring with them proponents and critics.<\/p>\n

But, debate aside, there are very real, practical considerations likely to be faced by multi-academy trusts in the future.<\/p>\n

MATs vary in size from 2 schools up to large chains with 50+ schools, though the majority contain up to 20.\u00a0 <\/span>There are discussions around the optimal number but developing and maintaining a strong sense of cohesion between any number of schools may be a challenge.<\/p>\n

And, as current MATs expand with the addition of new schools and brand new MATs are formed, retaining the quality of education and supporting teachers and pupils will be paramount.<\/p>\n

For Elastik the most important part of this debate is ensuring all schools are able to access the right resources to support their students and teachers.<\/p>\n

We work with Local Authority schools as well as schools within Multi-Academy Trusts – and they are all looking for solutions that will enable them to take a more evidence-based approach to learning.<\/p>\n

That doesn\u2019t mean simply focusing on what can be measured \u2013 it means identifying and responding to the specific learning gaps faced by the children in a class or school \u2013 or trust.<\/p>\n

A centralised solution like Elastik enables you to track pupil progress across multiple schools – giving pupils the best possible start in life:<\/p>\n