2 Busting the jargon
The world of academies seems to have a whole
new language - what does it all mean?
Academy - a state-funded school that has a measure of
independence from local authority control.
EFA - Education Funding Agency (at the Department for
Education) which funds academies directly rather than via the
local authority.
MAT - a Multi-Academy Trust. Rather than become standalone
academies, schools can convert as part of a MultiAcademy
Trust or chain where all academies in a MAT are
governed by one trust and a single board of directors.
LGB - Local Governing Body. Each academy in turn has a
Local Governing Body that acts as a committee of the MAT's
governing body with specific delegated functions to govern its
own school and act as critical friend to the SMT.
SMT - Senior Management Team. The Headteacher and
senior staff of the academy.
CAT - because the University of Chichester Academy Trust is
too long to say more than once in a conversation.
For more information about
CAT and our academies,
please visit our new website
www.unicat.org.uk.