More than 80 academy trusts that submitted financial information late have today been named by the government as part of its latest academies transparency drive. A government release published today revealed that 97 per cent of trusts submitted financial returns to the government on time for the 2017-18 academic year. However 88 trusts – three per cent of those nationally – failed to file two or more financial returns to the government on time. One of the trusts, Teddington School, failed to submit on time all four financial returns – listed as the accounts return, financial statements, and two budget forecast return documents. It was the only trust to miss all four deadlines. It is the first time the government has published the names of the trusts, and is the latest step in a transparency drive that includes a clampdown on related-party transactions. Education secretary Damian Hinds announced earlier this year that trusts will have to get government approval for such transactions over £20,000 from next April. Today, academies minister Lord Agnew said the government had “made sure that increased autonomy is supported with increased transparency”, adding: “And this transparency means that we know and can take action where trusts are not following the clear rules we have laid down.” He said providing financial returns helps the government scrutinise the financial health of academies is robust, and they “continue to be more transparent in their reporting than local authority schools”. Agnew added: “It’s encouraging that the overwhelming majority reported on time, and we are taking action in the small number of cases where we find that this has not happened.” The government is also due to publish its second academies annual report later today. The document will reveal details of the expenditure and performance of the country’s 7,000 academies. Named: The trusts that submitted spending data late Academy Transformation Trust Akaal Academy Trust Derby Limited Ashwell Academy Beacon Multi-academy Trust Limited Beddington Park Academy Trust Beeches Learning And Development Trust Bradfield School Brent Specialist Academy Trust Brightwells Academy Trust Brockhampton Academy Trust Chetwynde School Limited Church Hill Church of England Junior School Connaught School for Girls Co-operative Education East Darrington Church of England Primary School Eaglesfield Paddle CE Primary Academy Eden Primary Trust Empowering Minds Academy Trust Excellence In Education Trust Freeman’s Endowed Church of England Junior Academy Future Schools Trust Greater Peterborough UTC Gumley House Convent School FCJ Henley-In-Arden Church of England Primary School Hereford Integrated Behaviour Outreach Service Inspiring Futures Academy Trust Lakes Academies Trust Langdale Free School Leading Learners Multi Academy Trust Milford-on-Sea Church of England Primary School Academy Trust New Generation Schools Trust Nishkam School Trust Northampton School for Boys Parallel Learning Trust Parkstone Grammar School Trust Paxton Academy Ltd Pendle Education Trust Prestolee Multi Academy Trust Ralph Sadleir School RightforSuccess Trust Route 39 Academy Trust Limited Rugby High School Academy Trust Ryvers School Sail Academy Trust Salford Academy Trust Salvatorian College Sir Simon Milton Westminster University Technical College Sir Thomas Fremantle School South Wiltshire UTC Limited St Columba’s Catholic Boys’ School St Giles Church of England Academy St Gregory the Great Catholic Academy Trust St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Academies Trust St. James the Great R.C. Primary and Nursery School St. Michael’s Academy Stratton Education Trust Success for All Educational Trust (SFAET) Sussex Education Trust Ltd TBAP Trust TCAT Multi Academy Trust Teddington School The Academy of Woodlands The Cardinal Hume Academies Trust The Cedars Academy Trust The Delta Education Trust The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust The Fallibroome Trust The Hamblin Education Trust The Holy Family of Nazareth Catholic Academy Trust The Inspire Learning Partnership The Mountbatten School The Oxford Academy Trust The SchoolsCompany Trust The Sovereign Trust The Waldegrave Trust Tower Hamlets Enterprise Academy Ltd UTC@Harbourside Uttoxeter Learning Trust Wandle Valley School Waseley Hills High School Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust West Nottinghamshire Educational Trust Westfield Academy William Farr Church of England Comprehensive School Wilson Stuart School Woodard Academies Trust Woodfield Academy Yesoiday Hatorah School