It comes after Ofsted published the outcomes of a series of inspections at 16 E-ACT academies, concluding that “an overwhelming proportion of pupils (are) not receiving a good education”. Eleven of the academies were failing to provide a “good” education, including five judged to require “special measures”. Four were “good” and one “outstanding”.
An Ofsted statement said: “Evidence from the inspections indicates that intervention and support provided by E-ACT was ineffective overall. For those academies judged to require ‘special measures’, the Trust failed to take effective action to improve performance.”
E-ACT was selected for the inspections because of concerns about overall performance in its academies, including “poor” key stage 4 attainment. CEO of E-ACT David Moran acknowledged last week that its performance “must improve” and that standards in some of its academies are “not acceptable”.
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