A trust has agreed to give up two of its schools as it becomes the first in England to fall foul of the government’s “coasting” crackdown.
Bosses from Eastern MAT have been issued with termination warning notices for Queensway Infant Academy and Nursery in Norfolk and West Row Academy in Suffolk.
They appear to be the first published warnings to an academy trust under new government powers to force “coasting” schools with two consecutive less-than-good inspections into new chains.
Department for Education officials have threatened to transfer the schools to an alternative chain amid concerns for Eastern’s “capacity to deliver rapid and sustained improvements” at the sites, in the letters published today.
