{"content":[{"text":"Multi-Academy Trust Frequently Asked Questions","bbox":{"left":0.197738,"top":0.063021,"width":0.62773,"height":0.023238999999999996}},{"text":"What is a MAT?","bbox":{"left":0.135937,"top":0.261163,"width":0.146166,"height":0.017473000000000016}},{"text":"A MAT is a Multi-Academy Trust. It is a legal entity that governs a family of \n schools through a single set of directors. It is set up by a group of schools, \n usually a local collaboration, that share a common ethos and vision.","bbox":{"left":0.135937,"top":0.289523,"width":0.751969,"height":0.055274000000000045}},{"text":"What are the different types of academies?","bbox":{"left":0.135937,"top":0.384043,"width":0.4203760000000001,"height":0.017473000000000016}},{"text":"There are three types of academies:","bbox":{"left":0.135937,"top":0.412403,"width":0.353873,"height":0.017473000000000016}},{"text":"•","bbox":{"left":0.166137,"top":0.440769,"width":0.00925999999999999,"height":0.017459000000000002}},{"text":"Converter academies are successful schools that have chosen to \n convert to academies in order to benefit from the increased \n autonomy academy status brings, having decided that becoming an \n academy is the best route for the school. This is the case with both \n Lutton St Nicholas and Gedney Church End. \n New schools automatically become academies when they open and \n can join a MAT. \n Sponsored academies are those normally falling into the Ofsted \n ‘inadequate’ category or deemed to be ‘coasting’. They require \n the maximum support within the MAT family and conversion to an \n academy can be the most appropriate solution as part of a range \n of measurements to improve educational standards. This does not \n apply to either school in the Federation.","bbox":{"left":0.196329,"top":0.440763,"width":0.6779390000000001,"height":0.24323399999999995}},{"text":"•","bbox":{"left":0.166137,"top":0.53029,"width":0.00925999999999999,"height":0.017459000000000002}},{"text":"•","bbox":{"left":0.166137,"top":0.56606,"width":0.00925999999999999,"height":0.017459000000000002}},{"text":"Why are schools joining MATs both locally and nationally?","bbox":{"left":0.135937,"top":0.726984,"width":0.5637220000000001,"height":0.01747299999999996}},{"text":"Schools can use the strong collaboration and accountability afforded by the \n MAT to drive up standards and share best practice and services across the \n trust, replacing aspects of former local authority support.","bbox":{"left":0.135937,"top":0.755344,"width":0.751015,"height":0.05509599999999992}},{"text":"Across the country Local Education Authorities are being eroded in terms of \n size and power. The Government, both incumbent and alternative, has \n indicated that this is their preferred structure. Schools that have converted to \n Academy status can now procure Services from within a competitive and \n open marketplace potentially offering both better quality and value for \n money.","bbox":{"left":0.135937,"top":0.821326,"width":0.7516010000000001,"height":0.111811}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.234045,"top":0.116649,"width":0.214751,"height":0.105086},{"left":0.563721,"top":0.115517,"width":0.21517,"height":0.106883}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.234045,"top":0.116649,"width":0.214751,"height":0.105086},{"left":0.563721,"top":0.115517,"width":0.21517,"height":0.106883}]}