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Ofsted update their guidance for summary evaluations of multi-academy trusts (MATs)

Multi-academy trusts will be subjected to summary evaluations based on updated guidance from Ofsted. Ofsted has launched updated guidance...

What Ofsted inspectors may consider during a summary evaluation of a multi-academy trust (MAT)

MAT summary evaluations are not inspections and are conducted with the cooperation and consent of the MAT being assessed. In their...

Four ways MATs use the Assurance Framework to work with other trusts

Trusts have started to use the framework to support conversations with other trusts in a number of different ways including: Use by two...

Building outcomes into trust improvement planning

By self-reviewing against the framework, you can inform your wider improvement planning and reporting to the board. Some trusts have used...

Identifying strengths and priorities for improvement using the MAT Assurance Framework

Using the framework, trusts can identify their most important areas of strength and their priorities for growth, so they can develop...

How to use the MAT Assurance Framework to facilitate discussions within your trust

This framework can be used for discussions with your senior team, senior and middle leaders, and/or trustees. It can be a separate...

Using the framework to support peer review by primary trusts in Kent

As a trust, we used the questions from the DfE MAT Development programme guidance (the questions on school improvement are based on the...

Using the framework as part of The Mersey City Region learning set

We are a group of five MATs who have used the framework to guide our work as an action learning set. Each of the MATs completed it...

Using the framework with 13 academies including special schools and alternative provision

Our trust used the framework in a number of ways. Our first step was to complete the RAG rating at CEO and Director level. We did this...

Using the MAT Assurance Framework with nine primary academies in the South West

Our trust have been using the Framework for over two years. We used it initially as a MAT temperature/reality check. I sent out the...

Trust-to-Trust mentoring conversations around supporting growth using the MAT Assurance Framework

Through the Trust-to-Trust Development Programme, the DfE is using the framework to support the strategic development of trusts with the...

Using the MAT Assurance Framework in a peer review process

Several trusts are exploring the possibility of using the framework as part of a formal peer review process. An existing trust has...

Using the MAT Assurance Framework in an Action Learning Set

In the last three years, the framework has been used in formal action learning sets (each set with a small number of trusts, typically...

Two or three trusts working informally together using the MAT Assurance Framework.

The MAT assurance framework is a development tool intended to assist Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) in better understanding their capacity...

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