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====Former Trustees====
 
====Former Trustees====
 
*Sir [[Robert Edwards]]
 
*Sir [[Robert Edwards]]
*[[Christopher Billington]], founder member of SPTA. Billington is a Partner at [[Wrigleys Solicitors]] LLP specialising in 'education' work. Wrigleys 'acts for academy chains and trusts, and free, maintained and independent schools', with expertise 'across the spectrum of schools matters including property management, mergers, employment, governance and charity law'. SPTA is described as a 'significant client'<ref>[http://www.chambersandpartners.com/11805/838/editorial/1/1#489_editorial  Wrigleys Solicitors LLP Profile], from the Chambers UK guide, accessed May 2016</ref>
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*[[Christopher Billington]], founder member of SPTA. Billington is a Partner at [[Wrigleys Solicitors]] LLP specialising in 'education' work. Wrigleys 'acts for academy chains and trusts, and free, maintained and independent schools', with expertise 'across the spectrum of schools matters including property management, mergers, employment, governance and charity law'. SPTA is described as a 'significant client'<ref>[http://www.chambersandpartners.com/11805/838/editorial/1/1#489_editorial  Wrigleys Solicitors LLP Profile], from the Chambers UK guide, accessed May 2016</ref> It was reported in 2014 that SPTA paid £424,850 over two years to Wrigleys Solicitors.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jan/12/taxpayer-funded-academy-paying-millions-private-firms-schools-education-revealed-education Revealed: taxpayer-funded academies paying millions to private firms], Guardian, 12 Jan 2014</ref>
 
*[[Ian Garforth]]
 
*[[Ian Garforth]]
 
*[[Paul Hirst]], consultant at [[Elmet Education]]
 
*[[Paul Hirst]], consultant at [[Elmet Education]]
*[[Paul Forbes]],  
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*[[Paul Forbes]],
  
 
===Members===
 
===Members===

Revision as of 09:23, 7 October 2016

School Partnership Trust Academies, or SPTA, is a multi academy trust operating in England.

As of 2016 it runs 47 schools mostly in Yorkshire.

In 2015, SPTA was warned about the exam performance of 13 of its academies and told that some of its schools could be re-brokered to a different sponsor.[1]

Cutting teaching posts and narrowing the curriculum

In 2016 it was announced that SPTA was seeking to cut 48 teaching posts and 37 support staff across schools as part of a drive to cut the number of subjects pupils could learn.[2]

People

Leadership

As of 2016:[3]

Trustees / directors

As of 2016:

Former Trustees

  • Sir Robert Edwards
  • Christopher Billington, founder member of SPTA. Billington is a Partner at Wrigleys Solicitors LLP specialising in 'education' work. Wrigleys 'acts for academy chains and trusts, and free, maintained and independent schools', with expertise 'across the spectrum of schools matters including property management, mergers, employment, governance and charity law'. SPTA is described as a 'significant client'[6] It was reported in 2014 that SPTA paid £424,850 over two years to Wrigleys Solicitors.[7]
  • Ian Garforth
  • Paul Hirst, consultant at Elmet Education
  • Paul Forbes,

Members

As of 2016:

Linked organisations

Contact

References

  1. Academy chain warned over standards in 13 schools, Yorkshire Post, 21 December 2015
  2. Strike ballots in 7 schools after academy chain SPTA ditches creative subjects and cuts jobs, Schools Week, 13 June 2016
  3. SPTA Governance Information, SPTA website, accessed May 2016
  4. Roger Plant profile, linkedin, accessed May 2016
  5. Analytical review: data systems by Roger Plant, Department for Education analytical review, May 2013
  6. Wrigleys Solicitors LLP Profile, from the Chambers UK guide, accessed May 2016
  7. Revealed: taxpayer-funded academies paying millions to private firms, Guardian, 12 Jan 2014