The White Paper, Education Excellence Everywhere, sets out plans to force all maintained schools to convert to academy status within multi-academy trusts (MATs) by 2022.
The plans see a key role for the Regional School Commissioners (RSCs) and their advisory Headteacher Boards in brokering and encouraging academisation.
Currently, the boards advise RSCs on issues including academy performance, free school applications, funding agreements, academy orders, sponsor applications and models of governance.
However, if the White Paper’s plans are passed through Parliament, the Headteacher Boards will be charged with deciding which schools will join or form new or existing MATs.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) is concerned that too many members of the Headteacher Boards will have potential conflicts of interest in this scenario and that this could lead to some MATs “cherry-picking” the best schools and avoiding taking on more challenging institutions.
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