We went through the same thing last year with our Primary.

Similar to you, we had a consultation, even thought it very much seemed, indeed was, a done deal. All but done, anyway.

You could ask whether there is unanimity among the SLT and governors about joining the MAT. I suppose they wouldn't say so if there wasn't, but they would if there was - so if they decline to answer, you can read between those lines. At out school the PTA lady who's on the governors board told us there was unanimity across SLT etc, without anyone asking.

You could ask what the MAT's attitude to curriculum is - do they divert from the national curriculum. Ours don't.

Will the uniforms change? Ours didn't. Each school that has joined the MAT (four in total) has retained its original uniform.

You could ask what plans, if any, there are for sharing your school's resources with other schools in the MAT. Our MAT were very open that one of the reasons that they were so keen to have our school join is that it has a massive field, which is something that their other schools didn't, and they plan to have cross-school events that make use of the space we've got.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on January 31st 2018 at 13:43:49

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Any teachers etc about? Ref Academies... (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 31, 13:02:16
- thanks all for the ideas (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 31, 19:26:07
- Hey..... (General Chat) - usacanary, Jan 31, 15:22:23
- As I understand it (General Chat) - Jester, Jan 31, 15:09:32
  - yeah figured that (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 31, 15:16:02
    - Exactly that. (General Chat) - APB, Jan 31, 15:46:49
      - "basically you can see that it’s all just privatising" (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Jan 31, 16:28:55
      - We were only academyised as of the start of this school year, but in practical terms (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 31, 15:58:46
        
        Yep. It’s all behind the scenes management stuff. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jan 31, 16:31:41
- Is it the one with Archbishop Sancroft HS? (General Chat) - avenging canary, Jan 31, 14:31:42
  - no, we're down in Zummerzet (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 31, 14:45:35
    - Ah ok. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Jan 31, 15:23:30
- We went through the same thing last year with our Primary. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 31, 13:43:49
  - ta (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 31, 14:27:23
- You could ask................................. (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Jan 31, 13:26:10
  - ta (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 31, 14:00:28
- only be concerned if they start giving all the kids away to Rangers for free (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 31, 13:16:07
  - they are welcome to mine (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 31, 13:24:48
  - or if Mr Carson is sports-master (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Jan 31, 13:21:47
- The primary school I went to is going through the same process (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jan 31, 13:14:04
  - probably is the same one (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 31, 13:23:29
- Depends on the trust involved. Some disasters paying ££££ to CEOs instead of funding (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Jan 31, 13:12:47
  - ta (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 31, 13:59:29

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