E-ACT

E-ACT
Formation 6 March 2008 (2008-03-06)[1]
Type Multi-academy trust
Headquarters Unit 9.2.1
Location
  • The Leather Market
    11-13 Weston Street
    London
    SE1 3ER
Coordinates 51°29′58″N 0°05′04″W / 51.499549°N 0.084445°W / 51.499549; -0.084445Coordinates: 51°29′58″N 0°05′04″W / 51.499549°N 0.084445°W / 51.499549; -0.084445
Services Education
Michael Wemms[2]
David Moran[2]
E-ACT Board of Trustees supported by Executive Leadership Team[2]
Staff
2,300[3]
Website www.e-act.org.uk
Formerly called
  • Edutrust Academies Charitable Trust
    (22 May 2008–05 February 2010)[1]
  • Edutrust Academies Trust
    (06 Mar 2008–22 May 2008)[1]

E-ACT is a multi-academy trust responsible for 26 academies in England.[4] It describes itself as "A multi-academy trust proud to teach over 16,100 pupils across 26 academies in England."[5]

As an academy trust, it is an exempt charity regulated by the Department for Education.[6]

History

Until 2009 the Chief Executive of the Trust was Ian Comfort, who left his post alleging whistleblowing concerns, whilst the trust claimed "poor performance" issues.[7] In March 2013 an audit by the UK Department for Education concluded that "boundaries between E-ACT and its subsidiary, E-ACT Enterprises Ltd (EEL) are blurred" (page 3), "activities undertaken by the subsidiary have been paid for with public funds and so appear irregular" (page 3), and "there has been a flow of public monies into EEL that cannot be said to directly benefit teaching and learning in E-ACT academies" (pages 12–13).[8]

A 2011 Guardian article reported that in 2010 its director-general Sir Bruce Liddington had a salary package of £280,017.[9] Sir Bruce Liddington resigned in 2013 after E-ACT received an official warning from the government regarding "financial mismanagement".[10] The investigation report into E-ACT found that internal financial control were weak, there was a culture of extravagant expenses, governance procedures were unusual, and that payments were made to trustees in a manner unusual for the charitable sector.[11]

In 2014, the Department for Education removed E-ACT as sponsor from 10 academies after Ofsted inspectors raised serious concerns,[4] noting extravagant spending on expenses and £393,000 of spending with "procedural irregularities" including on unapproved consultancy fees.[12]

E-ACT Enterprises LTD was dissolved shortly after Sir Bruce Liddington's departure. In addition, E-ACT has made considerable changes to its previous administration practices (including reducing back office costs by 73%) as audited in its public accounts and the Salary of its new CEO has reduced significantly.[13]

In January 2016, E-ACT moved to a centralised process for monitoring standards. There is now a single central governing body covering all schools in the group across the country.[14] Ambassadorial Advisory Groups were introduced at a local academy level.[15]

Academies

Primary

  • E-ACT Blackley Academy
  • Braintcroft E-ACT Academy
  • Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy
  • Denham Green E-ACT Primary Academy
  • Greenfield E-ACT Primary Academy
  • Hareclive Academy
  • Ilminster Avenue E-ACT Academy
  • Mansfield Green E-ACT Primary Academy
  • Merritts Brook E-ACT Primary Academy
  • E-ACT Pathways Academy
  • Nechells Primary E-ACT Academy
  • Pathways E-ACT Academy
  • Perry Court E-ACT Academy
  • Reedswood E-ACT Primary Academy
  • St Ursula’s E-ACT Academy

Secondary

All-through

Academies previously sponsored

Primary

  • Aldborough E-ACT Free School (to 31 May 2014)[16] (now sponsored by Loxford School Trust), with effect from 1 June 2014. The school is now known as Aldborough Primary School.
  • Hartsbrook E-ACT Free School (to 31 August 2014)[17] (now sponsored by Lion Education Trust), with effect from 1 September 2014. The school was closed on 31 August 2014, and re-opened on 1 September 2014 as Brook House Primary School.[18][19][20][21]

Secondary

All-through

  • Dartmouth Academy (to 31 August 2014)[30] (now sponsored by Kingsbridge Academy Trust), with effect from 1 September 2014. Nick Hindmarsh, Principal has said that: "The name of the trust will change following a consultation exercise across the schools’ communities".

References

  1. 1 2 3 "E-ACT". Companies House. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "How we work". E-ACT. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Work for us". E-ACT. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 "List of E-ACT Academies". E-ACT. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "E-ACT Twitter profile". E-ACT. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Regulation of schools and academies with exempt charity status". GOV.uk. 29 Nov 2017.
  7. ↑ Curtis, Polly (28 Nov 2008). "Government launches inquiry into academy funds allegations". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 Dec 2015.
  8. ↑ "Review of Financial Administration and Governance at E-ACT: Final Report" (PDF). External Assurance team, Education Funding Agency, Department for Education. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  9. ↑ Wilby, Peter (7 November 2011). "Academy sponsor defends high pay and high expectations". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  10. ↑ Paton, Graeme (26 Apr 2013). "Academy boss quits over probe into school finances". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  11. ↑ Judith Burns (17 May 2013). "'Culture of extravagant expenses' at academy group". BBC. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  12. ↑ Richard Vaughan (3 February 2014). "'Extravagant' expenses and 393K 'irregularities'". TES Connect. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  13. ↑ Warwick Mansell. "E-Act academy chain abandons plans for world domination". the Guardian.
  14. ↑ "Academy chain to scrap governing bodies". BBC News.
  15. ↑ "How we work". E-ACT. 29 Nov 2017.
  16. ↑ "Ministerial Approval". E-ACT. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "Establishment: Hartsbrook E-ACT Free School - Summary". Department for Education - EduBase. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  18. ↑ "Establishment: Brook House Primary School - Summary". Department for Education - EduBase. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  19. ↑ "Establishment: Hartsbrook E-ACT Free School - Links". Department for Education - EduBase. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  20. ↑ "Department for Education - Performance Tables - Hartsbrook E-ACT Free School, 138259". Department for Education - School and College Performance Tables. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  21. ↑ "Department for Education - Performance Tables - Brook House Primary School, 141209". Department for Education - School and College Performance Tables. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  22. ↑ Leeds East Academy - White Rose Academies Trust
  23. ↑ White Rose Academies Trust
  24. ↑ "The Forest High School - New name, new start for Forest Academy, Cinderford".
  25. ↑ "Sherwood Academy Home Page - Welcome to our website".
  26. ↑ "Sherwood E-Act Academy will close, trust confirms". Nottingham Post.
  27. ↑ "The Purston E-ACT Academy - Message to All Parents & Carers". tpea.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  28. ↑ "The Lincoln College Group".
  29. ↑ The Winsford E-ACT Academy - Winsford Academy Joins The Fallibroome Multi-Academy Trust
  30. ↑ Hindmarsh, Nick (8 September 2014). "Welcome back to the new school year!". Principal's Blog. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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