More than 80 academy trusts that submitted financial information late have today been named by the government as part of its latest academies transparency drive.
A government release published today revealed that 97 per cent of trusts submitted financial returns to the government on time for the 2017-18 academic year.
However 88 trusts – three per cent of those nationally – failed to file two or more financial returns to the government on time.
One of the trusts, Teddington School, failed to submit on time all four financial returns – listed as the accounts return, financial statements, and two budget forecast return documents.
It was the only trust to miss all four deadlines.
It is the first time the government has published the names of the trusts, and is the latest step in a transparency drive that includes a clampdown on related-party transactions. Education secretary Damian Hinds announced earlier this year that trusts will have to get government approval for such transactions over £20,000 from next April.
Today, academies minister Lord Agnew said the government had “made sure that increased autonomy is supported with increased transparency”, adding: “And this transparency means that we know and can take action where trusts are not following the clear rules we have laid down.”
He said providing financial returns helps the government scrutinise the financial health of academies is robust, and they “continue to be more transparent in their reporting than local authority schools”.
Agnew added: “It’s encouraging that the overwhelming majority reported on time, and we are taking action in the small number of cases where we find that this has not happened.”
The government is also due to publish its second academies annual report later today. The document will reveal details of the expenditure and performance of the country’s 7,000 academies.
Named: The trusts that submitted spending data late
Academy Transformation Trust
Akaal Academy Trust Derby Limited
Ashwell Academy
Beacon Multi-academy Trust Limited
Beddington Park Academy Trust
Beeches Learning And Development Trust
Bradfield School
Brent Specialist Academy Trust
Brightwells Academy Trust
Brockhampton Academy Trust
Chetwynde School Limited
Church Hill Church of England Junior School
Connaught School for Girls
Co-operative Education East
Darrington Church of England Primary School
Eaglesfield Paddle CE Primary Academy
Eden Primary Trust
Empowering Minds Academy Trust
Excellence In Education Trust
Freeman’s Endowed Church of England Junior Academy
Future Schools Trust
Greater Peterborough UTC
Gumley House Convent School FCJ
Henley-In-Arden Church of England Primary School
Hereford Integrated Behaviour Outreach Service
Inspiring Futures Academy Trust
Lakes Academies Trust
Langdale Free School
Leading Learners Multi Academy Trust
Milford-on-Sea Church of England Primary School Academy Trust
New Generation Schools Trust
Nishkam School Trust
Northampton School for Boys
Parallel Learning Trust
Parkstone Grammar School Trust
Paxton Academy Ltd
Pendle Education Trust
Prestolee Multi Academy Trust
Ralph Sadleir School
RightforSuccess Trust
Route 39 Academy Trust Limited
Rugby High School Academy Trust
Ryvers School
Sail Academy Trust
Salford Academy Trust
Salvatorian College
Sir Simon Milton Westminster University Technical College
Sir Thomas Fremantle School
South Wiltshire UTC Limited
St Columba’s Catholic Boys’ School
St Giles Church of England Academy
St Gregory the Great Catholic Academy Trust
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Academies Trust
St. James the Great R.C. Primary and Nursery School
St. Michael’s Academy
Stratton Education Trust
Success for All Educational Trust (SFAET)
Sussex Education Trust Ltd
TBAP Trust
TCAT Multi Academy Trust
Teddington School
The Academy of Woodlands
The Cardinal Hume Academies Trust
The Cedars Academy Trust
The Delta Education Trust
The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust
The Fallibroome Trust
The Hamblin Education Trust
The Holy Family of Nazareth Catholic Academy Trust
The Inspire Learning Partnership
The Mountbatten School
The Oxford Academy Trust
The SchoolsCompany Trust
The Sovereign Trust
The Waldegrave Trust
Tower Hamlets Enterprise Academy Ltd
UTC@Harbourside
Uttoxeter Learning Trust
Wandle Valley School
Waseley Hills High School
Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust
West Nottinghamshire Educational Trust
Westfield Academy
William Farr Church of England Comprehensive School
Wilson Stuart School
Woodard Academies Trust
Woodfield Academy
Yesoiday Hatorah School
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