explains what trust partnerships are and how they work
provides some examples of trusts and schools who have entered into a partnership
Trust partnership service level agreement
This is an example of the legal document required to formalise a trust partnership. It has been written for use by a multi-academy trust and school but can be adapted where needed.
MAT assurance framework
This is a voluntary tool to help academy trusts understand their most significant areas of strength and challenge.
Published 9 December 2016 Last updated 6 July 2023 +show all updates
'Building strong academy trusts: guidance for academy trusts and prospective converters' removed. Link to new guidance, Commissioning high-quality trusts, added.
Updated section 2.4 of 'Trust partnerships: guidance for academy trusts and prospective joiners' to reflect the new trust and school improvement offer for the 2022 to 2023 academic year.
Added a link to information on local authority-established multi academy trusts.
Added an updated version of 'Trust partnerships: guidance for academy trusts and prospective joiners'.
Updated 'building strong academy trusts: guidance for academy trusts and prospective converter' and 'Trust partnerships guidance'. Replaced the 'Multi-academy trust (MAT): school improvement capacity framework' with a 'Multi-academy trust (MAT): assurance framework' and guidance on how to use this framework.
Updated 'Building strong academy trusts'. Added 'Trust partnerships guidance' and 'Trust partnership service level agreement'. Removed 'Multi-academy trust (MAT): resources', 'Multi-academy trust (MAT): development programme resource' and Multi-academy trust (MAT): good practice guidance and expectations for growth'.
Added updated MAT school improvement capacity framework.
