School Partnership Trust Academies

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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

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