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Written Question
Schools: Finance
Wednesday 29th April 2026

Asked by: Steve Witherden (Labour - Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Schools White Paper, whether moving to all schools being part of school trusts means academy trusts.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

In the Schools White Paper, we introduced a new term ‘school trusts’ to refer to existing academy trusts and new trusts, including academy trusts established by local authorities or local area partnerships. We will also update co-operative academy school trust model articles of association so that they effectively support purposeful, large-scale cooperation.