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Schools: Finance

Asked by Steve WitherdenLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 29 April 2026UIN 120198

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Schools White Paper, whether moving to all schools being part of school trusts means academy trusts.

Answered by Georgia Gould

In the Schools White Paper, we introduced a new term ‘school trusts’ to refer to existing academy trusts and new trusts, including academy trusts established by local authorities or local area partnerships. We will also update co-operative academy school trust model articles of association so that they effectively support purposeful, large-scale cooperation.

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