In December 2018, the Secretary of State wrote to Ofsted confirming the process for summary evaluations of multi-academy trusts. The summary evaluations are not inspections and are defined by Ofsted as being “when inspectors evaluate the quality of education provided by a MAT and leaders’ contributions to this, drawing on previous inspections of individual academies within that MAT.”
The Policy Blog: Sarah Ginns
Sarah Ginns is Research, Policy and Compliance Lead at Forum Strategy“Change is the only constant in life” said the Greek philosopher Heraclitus; and yet again with the appointment of Andy Burnham as the new Prime Minister this week, the educational landscape is more...

