Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) or academy chain is an academy trust that operates more than one academy school. Academy schools are state-funded schools in England which are directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control. The terms of the arrangements are set out in individual Academy Funding Agreements.[1] The group of schools in a multi-academy trust work together under a shared academy funding agreement.[2][3]
BESA, the British Educational Suppliers Association states that in November 2019 there are 1,170 Multi Academy Trusts in England that manage at least two schools: 598 have five or fewer schools, 259 have 6-11 schools, 85 have between 12-25 schools and 29 have 26 or more schools.[4]
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- ^ "Academy Chains" (PDF). SSAT UK website. Specialist Schools and Academies Trust. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ "Become an academy: information for schools". Gov.uk. Department for Education. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ "Key UK education statistics". BESA. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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