The Department for Education has today published its own “league tables” for multi-academy trusts, fulfilling a manifesto pledge and promises by ministers for more transparency over the academies programme. The confirms a series of . For example, the DfE report found for current key stage 2 value-added scores, trusts are “fairly evenly split above and below average performance”. At key stage 4, more than half of MATs have current value-added scores that are “significantly below” average (main image). The measures used to judge the performance of academy trusts has been a . But the government said by using a value-added measure of pupil performance, both current performance and improvement over time, will give schools and groups “time to improve while reacting in time to avoid chronic failure that irredeemably damages any child’s education”. The publication also fulfils a pledge made under the government’s white paper. It also marks a seemingly new approach from the government, which The department previously said disclosure of the information could destabilise academies sponsored by trusts. So, who are the best and worst performers? Key Stage 4 Highest performing trusts: (Trusts significantly above average for both pupil progress and improvement added) Ark Bright Futures Educational Trust City of London Corporation Diocese of London Diocese of Westminster Academy Trust Harris Federation Inspiration Trust Kent Catholic Schools Partnership Outwood Grange Academies Trust Tapton School Academy Trust Lowest performing trusts: (Trusts significantly below average for both pupil progress and improvement added) Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) Barnfield Education Partnership Trust (BEPT CfBT Education Trust Creative Education Academies Trust (CEAT) E-ACT Grace Foundation Greenwood Academies Trust Learning Schools Trust Ormiston Academies Trust Prospects Academies Trust School Partnership Trust Academies (SPTA) Stoke-on-Trent College Telford Co-operative Multi Academy Trust The Midland Academies Trust UCAT Wakefield City Academies Trust White Rose Trust Woodard Academies Trust Key Stage 2: Highest performing trusts: (Trusts significantly above average for both pupil progress and improvement added) Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) Burnt Mill Academy Trust CfBT Education Trust Christ the King MAC (North Staffordshire) First Federation Trust Harris Federation L.E.A.D. Multi-Academy Trust Lion Academy Trust Outwood Grange Academies Trust REAch2 Academy Trust St Barnabas Catholic Academy Trust St. Oswald’s Catholic Academy Trust Tapton School Academy trust The Central Learning Partnership Trust The Co-operative Group The Rainbow Multi Academy Trust The Stour Academy Trust Tudhoe Learning Trust Victoria Park Primary Academy Lowest performing trusts: (Trusts significantly below average for both pupil progress and improvement added) Academy Transformation Trust (ATT) Blyth Quays Trust, The Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust Discovery Schools Academies Trust Ltd Gateway Academy Trust Kernow Collaborative Trust Ninestiles Academy Trust Ormiston Academies Trust The All Saints Collegiate MAC (South Stoke) The Education Fellowship Trust
mike 7 July 2016 A rose by any other name would smell as sweet…doesn’t matter what you call them, some educational organizations will do better than others. This was also the case before Academys. The current programme of Academisation is pure ideology and flag waving. It does not place the needs of the students first…Maybe any new Chief Inspector does need to have a skill base in data management ahead of school and childcare understanding? This might ensure that open and transparent information can be seen through the correct rose colored glasses the current Secretary of State seems to be using: The measures for SATs, recruitment volumes into the profession, cant wait for next years 1-9 GCSE gradings…can the students get a job and function in the world of work?, that should the real assessment of a schools worth.