Guidance

Commissioning high-quality trusts

Guidance on the role of the Department for Education in making commissioning decisions about academy trusts.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 6 July 2023

Applies to England

Documents

Commissioning high-quality trusts

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Annex A: trust quality descriptions

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Annex B: trust quality evidence

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Details

This guidance provides information about the decisions made by Regions Group on behalf of the Secretary of State, about the creation, consolidation and growth of academy trusts.

It covers decisions:

• for schools to join or form new academy trusts
• to move underperforming schools to new trusts
• to approve applications for trust transfers
• to approve which trusts can open new free schools

Annex A sets out the trust quality descriptions, first published in draft form as part of the Academies regulatory and commissioning review.

Annex B sets out the evidence that Regions Group will use to inform its decisions.

Published 6 July 2023