E-Act academy trust ‘not good enough’, says Ofsted

The E-Act academy trust chain has been criticised by Ofsted as ‘not good enough’, specifically regarding its lack of progress in enabling pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The E-Act trust manages 23 academies across England and last month scrapped all its local governing bodies. While Ofsted recognised that ‘substantial progress had been made’, inspectors maintained that the chain’s schools are still not good enough, with more than half not providing a good enough standard of education and five rated as inadequate.

The chain has come under fire in the past and, following an inspection two years ago, had ten schools taken removed from its chain. Currently E-Act’s 23 schools are spread across the West Midlands, Buckinghamshire, Bristol, Yorkshire and the north west.

A spokesperson from E-Act said: "Over the past year, we have radically overhauled the way that E-Act is run, and the way that our academies operate, so that children and young people genuinely have an excellent education during their time with us.

"This is now beginning to bear fruit, but there is more work to be done."