Falcon Education Academies Trust

Multi-academy trust in England

Formation| August 1, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-08-01)

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Purpose| Education
Headquarters| Leeds, United Kingdom

Region served

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Website| www.falcontrust.co.uk

Falcon Education Academies Trust is a multi-academy trust (MAT) that operates four schools in England.[1]

The trust was established in 2019 by the Department for Education. It was conceived as a specialist trust to turn around schools in the North of England with the most challenging educational under performance or financial problems,[2] before transferring them to a permanent sponsor.[3] The schools it takes on are typically ones which other MATs were unwilling to, due to "significant sustainability and infrastructure issues that present too great a risk to a MAT's own sustainability".[4] Its remit was extended to cover all of England in 2021.[3][4]

In 2023, the Department for Education notified the trust that it did not wish to continue the pilot, known as EdMAT, that encompassed Falcon. It intended to work with the trust to place its schools with other MATs before closing it.[5]

## Schools

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* King Solomon International Business School, Birmingham
* Oulton Academy, Leeds
* The William Allitt Academy, Swadlincote
* Thornaby Academy, Stockton-on-Tees

## References

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1. ^ "Falcon Education Academies Trust". Get Information about Schools. Department for Education. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
2. ^ Roberts, John (19 December 2019). "DfE's northern MAT takes on first struggling academy". TES Magazine. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
3. ^ a b Belger, Tom (21 January 2022). "Falcon academy trust set to spread its wings". schoolsweek.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
4. ^ a b "Annual Report And Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 August 2021". Find and update company information. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
5. ^ Dyson, Jack (4 July 2023). "Government-backed Falcon turnaround academy trust to close". schoolsweek.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

## External links

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* Official website