Federations, Trusts and Academies as at 01 May 2012

Federations

A federation is a formal and legal agreement by which any number of schools share a governing body which is formally reconstituted. Federations can involve a mix of primary, special and secondary schools of any type or size. Schools in a federation continue to be individual schools and keep their existing category and character. They do not gain, lose or change their religious character, foundation or trust status through membership of a federation. There are currently 14 federations in Staffordshire:

Federation Name	Federation between
The Codsall High Federation of Schools	Codsall Community High School, Bilbrook CE (VC) Middle School and Perton Middle School
The Blackfriars and Coppice Federation	Blackfriars Special School and The Coppice School
Cherry Trees and Wightwick Hall Federation	Cherry Trees School and Wightwick Hall School
The South Newcastle Federation	Clayton Hall Business and Language College and NCHS - The Science College
Rugeley Federation for Learning	Fair Oak Academy and Hagley Park Academy
The Federation of Mary Howard and St. Andrew's CE (C) Primary Schools	Mary Howard CE (VC) Primary School and St. Andrew's Primary School, Clifton Campville
The St. Mary's and Richard Crosse CE (A) Federation	St. Mary's CE (A) Primary School, Colton and Richard Crosse CE (A) Primary School, Kings Bromley
The Fountains Community Special School Federation	The Fountains Primary School and The Fountains High School
Two Rivers School	Two Rivers Primary School and Two Rivers High School
The Painsley Catholic Collegiate Federation	Painsley Catholic College, St. Filumena's Catholic Primary, St. Giles Catholic Primary, Cheadle, St. Joseph's Catholic Primary, Uttoxeter, St. Mary's Catholic Primary, Leek, St. Thomas Catholic Primary, Tean, and The Faber Catholic Primary.
Brewood and Wheaton Aston Federation	Brewood CE (VC) Middle School and St. Mary's CE (VC) First School, Wheaton Aston
Heathylea Federation	Flash CE (VC) Primary School and St. Bartholomew's CE (VC) Primary School, Longnor
The Federation of Chadsmoor Community School and Chadsmoor CE (VC) Junior School	Chadsmoor Community Infants School and Chadsmoor CE (VC) Junior School
Horton Lodge & Springfield School Federation	Horton Lodge Special School and Springfields Special School

Trust Schools

A Trust school is a foundation school which has set up a charitable foundation (or trust) to support the school. Trust schools remain as local authority maintained schools. Community schools can change to foundation status and then set up a charitable trust all in a single process. A Trust school manages its own assets, employs its own staffs and sets its own admissions criteria, as well as choosing which partners to work with e.g. businesses, business foundations, colleges, universities or community groups. There are currently 22 Trust schools in Staffordshire:

Biddulph Schools Partnership Trust - James Bateman Junior High School, Woodhouse Middle School, Knypersley First School, Moor First School, Oxhey First School, Squirrel Hayes First School

Hazel Slade Community Primary School, Cannock

Kingsmead Technology College, Hednesford

The Burton Co-operative Learning Trust - Eton Park Junior School, The Fountains Community Special School Federation, Horninglow Primary School, Lansdowne Infant School, William Shrewsbury Primary School, John of Rolleston Primary School, Outwoods Primary School.

The Chase Co-operative Learning Trust - Moorhill Primary School and Western Springs Primary School

The Sir Thomas Boughey Co-operative Learning Trust - Sir Thomas Boughey High School, The Richard Heathcote Primary School, Wood Lane Primary School

Westwood College, Leek

Academies

Academies have freedom from local authority control, which means that they have autonomy over the decisions they make and the education they deliver to their pupils. They also have the freedom to change the length of terms and schools days, set their own pay and conditions for staff, and freedom around the curriculum. There are currently 17 acadamies in Staffordshire (plus 2 sixth forms):

Biddulph High School (no name change)

Bursley Academy (formerly Bursley Primary School)

Cannock Chase High School (no name change)

Chadsmead Primary Academy, Lichfield (formerly Chadsmead Primary School)

Christ Church Academy, Stafford (formerly Christ Church CE (VC) Middle School)

Erasmus Darwin Academy, Lichfield (formerly Chasetown Specialist Sports College)

Fair Oak Academy, Rugeley (formerly Fair Oak Business and Enterprise College)

Hagley Park Academy, Rugeley (formerly Hagley Park Sports College)

Rugeley Sixth Form Academy, Rugeley (Aelfgar Sixth Form Centre), which is the joint sixth form provision for Fair Oak and Hagley

JCB Academy, Uttoxeter

John Taylor High School, a Science and Leadership Academy, Burton-on-Trent (formerly John Taylor High School)

Landau Forte Academy Amington, Tamworth (formerly Woodhouse Business and Enterprise College)

Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form

Landau Forte Academy QEMS, Tamworth (formerly Queen Elizabeth's Mercian School)

Staffordshire University Academy, Cannock (formerly Blake Valley Technology College)

The Cheadle Academy, Staffordshire Moorlands (formerly Cheadle High School)

The de Ferrers Academy, Burton-on-Trent (formerly de Ferrers Technology College)

The Weston Road Academy, Stafford (formerly Weston Road High School)

The Violet Way Academy, Burton-on-Trent (formerly Violet Lane Infants School)

For further information on those schools who have applied for, or consulting on, academy status please see the attachment below. Also attached is a map showing the various school governance arrangements in Staffordshire.

PDF Document Further Academy Information

PDF Document Map of Staffordshire School Governance Arrangements

For more information on federations and trusts, please see the document A Guide to New Models of School Organisation in Staffordshire

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