Agenda item

(B) Report of Action Taken: City of London Academies Trust – To receive a report advising of action taken under urgency procedures in relation to the expansion of the City of London Academies Trust.

(Deputy Catherine McGuinness, Chair of Policy and Resources)

17th April 2020

(B) Report of Action Taken: City of London Academies Trust

The City of London Corporation (CoLC) was the sponsor of a number of academies, with the governance of these academies managed through The City of London Academies Trust (CoLAT). However, two Academies for which the CoLC was a co-sponsor - the City of London Academy Islington (COLAI) and The City Academy, Hackney (TCAH) – had, until now, operated outside of CoLAT.

On 2 December 2019 and 22 January 2020 the Governing Bodies of COLAI and TCAH respectively resolved to support the proposal for their academies to join the CoLAT, and for the academies’ joint sponsors to enter into formal discussions to that end. In each instance the proposals were supported by the respective co-sponsors. Both the London Borough of Hackney and the London Borough of Islington were also supportive. In addition, the Regional Schools Commissioner (RSC), whose consent is required, approved these academies joining CoLAT.

Following consideration by the relevant Committees and engagement with the Department for Education, urgency procedures were subsequently employed to approve the transfer of TCAH and COLAI to CoLAT.

Resolved – That the action taken under urgency procedures be noted.