The government is planning to spend £1.2 million in a bid to recruit trustees to parachute into failing academy trusts.
Schools Week revealed earlier this year how the Department for Education was considering effectively reviving the academy ambassadors’ scheme, but with a focus on trusts in the greatest difficulty.
The previous trustee recruitment programme, run by the New Schools Network (NSN), allowed any trust to apply for free support to find business leaders to join its board.
But the programme was derailed when the network closed last year after losing its separate free school support contract.
A tender published by the DfE this week states that the new scheme will be open to trusts “the department is working with to drive improvement”.
