Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many summary evaluations of multi-academy trusts have been carried out by Ofsted since new guidance was issued in September 2021.

Ofsted’s programme of multi-academy trust summary evaluations (MATSEs) remained suspended between September 2021 and February half-term 2022, as Ofsted prioritised the resumption of its full school inspection programme during this period. MATSEs are now being scheduled, although none have been completed at this time. Ofsted expects to carry out a number of evaluations during the remainder of the academic year.