David Ross Education Trust - Revision history

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 The Trust is sponsored by the [[David Ross Foundation]], the philanthropic fund set up by [[Carphone Warehouse]] founder and [[Conservative Party]] donor, [[David Ross]].
-==Dixons Carphone and online learning==
+==Virtual learning at DRET==
-[[Dixons Carphone]], part of which was co-founded by [[David Ross]], is lead sponsor of a campaign to get more technology in schools. [[Techknowledge for Schools]], formerly [[Tablets for Schools]], is an educational charity that promotes the use of mobile technology in teaching and learning. As well as the electical retailer, other sponsors include [[Google]], [[Samsung]], [[HP]], [[TalkTalk]] and others.<ref>[http://techknowledge.org.uk/partners/ Partners], Techknowledge for Schools website, accessed Sept 2016</ref> The campaign's original aim was for all eleven-year-olds to have access to individual tablet computers in schools, a goal supported by then Education Secretary [[Michael Gove]]<ref>Cave and Rowell, ''A Quiet Word: lobbying, corny capitalism and broken politics in Britain, Vintage, 2015; page 261</ref>
+The Trust launched a new ICT package across its 33 schools in October 2016, which it says could be used to deliver virtual lessons in the future. The packagae includes professional development for teachers to help them to make the most of new technology in the classroom, as well as online resources for students with a virtual library and lesson planner. DRET's head of ICT, Guy Shearer, told Schools Week that over time the “end game” could be “full-on virtual teaching” but that would have to be developed “over several years".<ref>[http://schoolsweek.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Schools-Week-Edition-80.pdf Virtual Lessons Difficult to Make Work], Schools Week, October 2016</ref>
 ==Google and DRET==
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 Sheerer presented during [[Google]]'s 2015 'Education on Air' online conference (8-9 May 2015), on 'Creating impact by rolling out Chromebooks across a network of schools' during a section called 'Shaping the classroom today'.<ref>[https://googleforwork.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/speakers-and-sessions-for-Education-on-Air.html Speakers and sessions for Education on Air], Google for Work Official Blog, 14 April 2015</ref>
 ==Funders==

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	It operates 33 state-funded, but independently-run academy schools across the East Midlands, East of England and Yorkshire & Humberside, over 20 of which are primary schools. The schools are grouped into regional hubs, or clusters.		It operates 33 state-funded, but independently-run academy schools across the East Midlands, East of England and Yorkshire & Humberside, over 20 of which are primary schools. The schools are grouped into regional hubs, or clusters.
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		+	In 2016 it was described as one of 11 ‘system leader’ academy chains in England.<ref>[http://schoolsweek.co.uk/11-academy-trusts-now-have-more-than-30-schools-and-are-labelled-system-leaders/
		+	11 academy trusts now have more than 30 schools and are labelled ‘system leaders’], Schools Week, 30 November 2016</ref>

	The Trust is sponsored by the [[David Ross Foundation]], the philanthropic fund set up by [[Carphone Warehouse]] founder and [[Conservative Party]] donor, [[David Ross]].		The Trust is sponsored by the [[David Ross Foundation]], the philanthropic fund set up by [[Carphone Warehouse]] founder and [[Conservative Party]] donor, [[David Ross]].

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−	{{Template:Schools badge}}'''David Ross Education Trust''' is a multi-academy trust in England.	+	{{Template:Schools badge}}'''David Ross Education Trust''' (DRET) is a multi-academy trust in England.

	It operates 33 state-funded, but independently-run academy schools across the East Midlands, East of England and Yorkshire & Humberside, over 20 of which are primary schools. The schools are grouped into regional hubs, or clusters.		It operates 33 state-funded, but independently-run academy schools across the East Midlands, East of England and Yorkshire & Humberside, over 20 of which are primary schools. The schools are grouped into regional hubs, or clusters.

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 ==Dixons Carphone and online learning==
-[[Dixons Carphone]], part of which was co-founded by [[David Ross]] is lead sponsor of a campaign to get more technology in schools. [[Techknowledge for Schools]], formerly [[Tablets for Schools]], is an educational charity that promotes the use of mobile technology in teaching and learning. As well as the electical retailer, other sponsors include [[Google]], [[Samsung]], [[HP]], [[TalkTalk]] and others.<ref>[http://techknowledge.org.uk/partners/ Partners], Techknowledge for Schools website, accessed Sept 2016</ref> The campaign's original aim was for all eleven-year-olds to have access to individual tablet computers in schools, a goal supported by then Education Secretary [[Michael Gove]]<ref>Cave and Rowell, ''A Quiet Word: lobbying, corny capitalism and broken politics in Britain, Vintage, 2015; page 261</ref>
+[[Dixons Carphone]], part of which was co-founded by [[David Ross]], is lead sponsor of a campaign to get more technology in schools. [[Techknowledge for Schools]], formerly [[Tablets for Schools]], is an educational charity that promotes the use of mobile technology in teaching and learning. As well as the electical retailer, other sponsors include [[Google]], [[Samsung]], [[HP]], [[TalkTalk]] and others.<ref>[http://techknowledge.org.uk/partners/ Partners], Techknowledge for Schools website, accessed Sept 2016</ref> The campaign's original aim was for all eleven-year-olds to have access to individual tablet computers in schools, a goal supported by then Education Secretary [[Michael Gove]]<ref>Cave and Rowell, ''A Quiet Word: lobbying, corny capitalism and broken politics in Britain, Vintage, 2015; page 261</ref>
 ==Google and DRET==

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 ==Dixons Carphone and online learning==
-[[Dixons Carphone]], co-founded by [[David Ross]] is lead sponsor of a campaign to get more technology in schools. [[Techknowledge for Schools]], formerly [[Tablets for Schools]], is an educational charity that promotes the use of mobile technology in teaching and learning. As well as the electical retailer, other sponsors include [[Google]], [[Samsung]], [[HP]], [[TalkTalk]] and others.<ref>[http://techknowledge.org.uk/partners/ Partners], Techknowledge for Schools website, accessed Sept 2016</ref> The campaign's original aim was for all eleven-year-olds to have access to individual tablet computers in schools, a goal supported by then Education Secretary [[Michael Gove]]<ref>Cave and Rowell, ''A Quiet Word: lobbying, corny capitalism and broken politics in Britain, Vintage, 2015; page 261</ref>
+[[Dixons Carphone]], part of which was co-founded by [[David Ross]] is lead sponsor of a campaign to get more technology in schools. [[Techknowledge for Schools]], formerly [[Tablets for Schools]], is an educational charity that promotes the use of mobile technology in teaching and learning. As well as the electical retailer, other sponsors include [[Google]], [[Samsung]], [[HP]], [[TalkTalk]] and others.<ref>[http://techknowledge.org.uk/partners/ Partners], Techknowledge for Schools website, accessed Sept 2016</ref> The campaign's original aim was for all eleven-year-olds to have access to individual tablet computers in schools, a goal supported by then Education Secretary [[Michael Gove]]<ref>Cave and Rowell, ''A Quiet Word: lobbying, corny capitalism and broken politics in Britain, Vintage, 2015; page 261</ref>
 ==Google and DRET==

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	The Trust is sponsored by the [[David Ross Foundation]], the philanthropic fund set up by [[Carphone Warehouse]] founder and [[Conservative Party]] donor, [[David Ross]].		The Trust is sponsored by the [[David Ross Foundation]], the philanthropic fund set up by [[Carphone Warehouse]] founder and [[Conservative Party]] donor, [[David Ross]].
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		+	==Dixons Carphone and online learning==
		+	[[Dixons Carphone]], co-founded by [[David Ross]] is lead sponsor of a campaign to get more technology in schools. [[Techknowledge for Schools]], formerly [[Tablets for Schools]], is an educational charity that promotes the use of mobile technology in teaching and learning. As well as the electical retailer, other sponsors include [[Google]], [[Samsung]], [[HP]], [[TalkTalk]] and others.<ref>[http://techknowledge.org.uk/partners/ Partners], Techknowledge for Schools website, accessed Sept 2016</ref> The campaign's original aim was for all eleven-year-olds to have access to individual tablet computers in schools, a goal supported by then Education Secretary [[Michael Gove]]<ref>Cave and Rowell, ''A Quiet Word: lobbying, corny capitalism and broken politics in Britain, Vintage, 2015; page 261</ref>

	==Google and DRET==		==Google and DRET==

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 The Trust is sponsored by the [[David Ross Foundation]], the philanthropic fund set up by [[Carphone Warehouse]] founder and [[Conservative Party]] donor, [[David Ross]].
 ==Funders==
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 *[[Mark Bolland]], resigned from the Trust in March 2016, according to Companies House, but still a Trustee of the [[David Ross Foundation]]. Bolland is a PR professional and a former media adviser to the [[Prince of Wales]]. He established a public relations and communications firm, [[Mark Bolland & Associates]]. He is also a director of [[Waypoint Corporate Services]] (a financial services company); board member of the [[Helen Hamlyn Trust]]; the [[Middlesbrough & Teesside Philanthropic Foundation]]; and the educational charity, The [[Open Futures Trust]].
-===Notable governors===
+===Selected governors===
 *[[Stephen Dorrell]], chair of governors of Charnwood College, a DRET school. Dorrell is former MP for Charnwood. He also Chairman of [[Uniform Brands]], whose beneficial owner is [[David Ross]]. Dorrell is also an advisor to [[KPMG]].
-*[[Ben Brown]]
+*[[Ben Brown]], governor of Eastfield Academy, a DRET school.<ref>[http://www.eastfieldacademy.co.uk/sites/default/files/documents/website_info_for_eastfield1.pdf Register of Governor Interests], Eastfield Academy, accessed Sept 2016</ref> Brown was until June 2016 CEO of [[Edde]], a company that supports digital learning in schools through systems that let parents and schools fund devises, insurance and tracking for devices.<ref>[http://edde.education/about-us/ About Us], Edde website, accessed Sept 2016</ref>
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 ==People==
 *[[Wendy Marshall]], CEO
 *[[Mark Ibbertson]], finance director

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 *[[Mark Ibbertson]], finance director
 *[[David Yates]], director of education
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 *[[Nick Gibb]], resigned in August 2014. Current Schools Minister, he was Schools Minister from 2010-2012, School Reform Minister from 2014-15, before becoming Schools Minister again in 2015.
 *[[Mark Bolland]], resigned from the Trust in March 2016, according to Companies House, but still a Trustee of the [[David Ross Foundation]]. Bolland is a PR professional and a former media adviser to the [[Prince of Wales]]. He established a public relations and communications firm, [[Mark Bolland & Associates]]. He is also a director of [[Waypoint Corporate Services]] (a financial services company); board member of the [[Helen Hamlyn Trust]]; the [[Middlesbrough & Teesside Philanthropic Foundation]]; and the educational charity, The [[Open Futures Trust]].
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 *[[David Blunkett]], chair of trustees. Blunkett was Education Secretary under [[Tony Blair]] (1997-2001). He is currently an advisor to many companies including: [[Oracle Capital Group]]; [[Kandahar Asset Management]]; and provides 'advisory services for overseas trade, and cyber and internet security advice' through his firm [[HADAW Productions and Investments]].<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-interests/register-of-lords-interests/?letter=B Lord Blunkett], register of Lords interests, accessed Sept 2016</ref>
 *[[James Dunseath]], civil partner of [[Alan Duncan]]
-*[[Mike Lovett]], a 'semi-retired education professional' and adviser to the [[Department of Education]]. Described as having 'extensive experience with school improvement, inspection, establishment of Academies and Free Schools'<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-lovett-b673a82a Mike Lovett profile], Linkedin, accessed Sept 2016</ref>
+*[[Mike Lovett]], a 'semi-retired education professional' and adviser to the [[Department for Education]]. Described as having 'extensive experience with school improvement, inspection, establishment of Academies and Free Schools'<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-lovett-b673a82a Mike Lovett profile], Linkedin, accessed Sept 2016</ref>
 *[[David Stone]], Social Enterprise Adviser.
 *[[Jamie Gordon]], financial advisor; director of Lynas Vokes Investments