Academies
Academy sponsors are permanent, and E-ACT is committed to a long-term partnership with each academy and its community to increase sponsorship funding and sustainably improve standards and levels of personal achievement.
Sponsorship is a genuine partnership, and E-ACT works closely with each academy's leaders and governors, the parent body, local authority and the wider school community.
E-ACT sponsorship is in the form of an endowment fund established to support each academy. Governing bodies can allocate sponsorship to fund educational projects to redress disadvantage.
E-ACT academies are at the heart of the communities they serve. Each Board of Governors includes representatives of the local authority, the parent body, staff, local business partners, primary schools, colleges and universities.
Each E-ACT academy collaborates with others in the trust's network to exchange ideas and share good practice.
E-ACT also establishes partnerships with other local secondary schools, 14-19 networks, academies, specialist schools and feeder primary schools, including cross-phase links.
All members of staff are entitled to continuing professional development including refresher courses, postgraduate studies, collaborative projects and action research. In transferring to the academy, all staff benefit from a seamless continuation of service and the pensions arrangements operating in maintained schools.