I recently attended a presentation delivered by the CEO of a multi-academy trust in a neighbouring county. Here in Hampshire, virtually all of the 450 primary schools have remained with the local authority.
That said, the future under our new prime minister does still look likely to heavily involve academies – even despite the recent furore over the grammar school policy.
The CEO came across as a good guy. As a former PE teacher, he and I had that in common so I was a little bit onside from the outset. He was the head of the school that originally formed the small academy chain and he has subsequently overseen the fairly rapid and dramatic growth of the MAT. He delivered an honest “warts and all” view of leading a MAT and was not in any way trying to hard sell to the assembled heads.
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