Multi-academy trusts (MATs) have become a prevalent model in the education sector, aimed at improving academic outcomes and encouraging collaboration among schools.
With the Government target for all schools to be part of a “family of schools in a strong trust to level up school standards” by 2030, a crucial aspect of evaluating their effectiveness lies in analysing the achievement and progress levels of pupils within these trusts.
The Multi-academy trust performance measures (Key stages 2, 4 and 5) report published by the Department for Education in March 2023, focuses on the attainment and progress of pupils who attended institutions that were in multi-academy trusts (MATs) in England in the academic year 2021 to 2022. It reveals that:
- At Key Stage 2, 59% of pupils reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths combined.
- The percentage of pupils achieving grades 9 to 5 in English and Maths GCSEs within MATs stands at 48.8%.
This is the first time national-level MAT achievement statistics have been published since 2019, primarily because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
