Oral QuestionDepartment for Education

What steps she is taking to improve management accountability at multi-academy trusts.

Tabled: 4 March 2025Answered: 10 March 2025

Asked by

Jack Rankin

ConservativeWindsor

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Education

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for School Standards (Catherine McKinnell)

Accountability is non-negotiable for this Government, and we know that when standards slip, it is disadvantaged children who suffer. Through Ofsted reform, we are putting an end to high stakes, low information headline judgments, and in their place school report cards will provide clear detail on what schools are doing well, and where they must improve. High standards must be for every child in every school, so we are increasing the oversight of multi-academy trusts. Our focus remains on standards, not structures.