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The government has been warned plans to launch a trust leadership development programme could “seriously undermine” existing providers and risk breaching competition rules.

The Department for Education’s (DfE) white paper in March promised extra training and support to ensure trusts have enough “highly effective leaders” as more schools academise and trusts grow in size. Ministers want all schools to be in or planning to join strong trusts by 2030.

Contract documents show it has begun searching for operators to “build a sector-leading multi-academy trust (MAT) CEO training programme”, ready for a first cohort next September. 

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