A revolution has taken place which will determine the very future of society in this country. And outside of the sector in question, it has largely passed under the radar. The original intention in having state education re-organised out of local authority control with schools setting up or joining multi- academy trusts reporting directly to the Department of Education was to deliver an up-lift. Trusts are able to decide whether to follow the national curriculum and can set their own term dates - with the responsibility for budgets which are in the multi-millions.
But while government talks about ‘Opportunity for all - strong schools with great teachers’, trusts are having to address rapidly rising costs, reduced revenue, unfunded staff wage increases, yet no corresponding change in their educational and financial performance targets. That is on top of a complexity of management requirements - both tangible and psychological - which would make company owners and directors gasp.
In a major report commissioned by iplicit, the cloud accounting software company, to be prepared and published by DECISION magazine later this year, the chief executives and chief financial officers of multi-academy trusts will be highlighting the issues, sharing their thoughts on the way forward.
The Strategic Vision Learning Curve: A Conversation with Mark Wilson, CEO, Wellspring Academy Trust is one of the interviews to be included. You can read the interview in full via this link.
