Russell Education Trust Explained

The Russell Education Trust (RET) is a Multi-Academy Trust.[1] It provides educational support services in the creation and operation of academies established as part of the free schools programme.[2] It is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, with exempt charity status, regulated by the Department for Education.[3] Its board members include experienced educationalists and representatives from RET schools' local governing bodies.[4]

RET was established in 2010 by directors of the school improvement company Education London which, between 2003 and 2017, provided educational support services to Government, notably as a service provider to the London Challenge, as well as to individual Local Authorities and schools.[5] [6] [7] Education London ceased trading in 2017 due to the retirement of its Operations Director, but continues as community interest company EL (RET) to sponsor RET.[8]

Both organisations were based in the same office building in Leatherhead, Surrey, until 2024 when they moved to Teddington.[9]

The Russell Education Trust has worked in partnership with parents, communities, and diocesan authorities to establish the following free schools:[10]

Governance Model

RET established its first two free schools using the Single Academy Trust model that was in place at the time.[16] It formed two sub-trusts, the Bristol Free School Trust and the Becket Keys CofE Free School Trust,[17] [18] [19] [20] which each signed free school funding agreements with the Secretary of State. Like RET itself, RET's sub-trusts are exempt charities, regulated by the Department for Education.

For its later schools RET used the Multi-Academy Trust model.[21] [22]

The Trust delegates a range of its governance responsibilities to each of its schools' local governing bodies via a formal Scheme of Delegation.[23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Free Schools model funding agreement: Multi-academy trusts. Department for Education website. 21 May 2013.
  2. Web site: Russell Education Trust Company Check. Company Check. 7 April 2013.
  3. Web site: Charities and charity trustees: school governors . The Charity Commission . 2 May 2024.
  4. Web site: RET Board. Russell Education Trust. 4 July 2015.
  5. Web site: EDUCATION LONDON LIMITED . Gov.uk.
  6. Web site: Evaluation of the City Challenge programme. Department for Education. 5 January 2014.
  7. Web site: Report of the GCSE English and Mathematics Project (Phase II) . 2 May 2024.
  8. Web site: EL (RET) . Companies House.
  9. Web site: Russell Education Trust . Companies House.
  10. Web site: RET Free Schools . Russell Education Trust Website . 30 July 2012.
  11. Web site: Bristol Free School. School Website. 7 April 2013.
  12. Web site: Becket Keys Church of England School. School Website. 7 April 2013.
  13. Web site: King's School, Hove. School Website. 7 April 2013.
  14. Web site: St. Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School. School Website. 7 April 2013.
  15. Web site: Turing House School. School Website. 22 May 2013.
  16. Web site: Free Schools model funding agreement: Single academy trusts. Department for Education Website. 21 May 2013.
  17. Web site: Governance. Bristol Free School Website. 21 May 2013.
  18. Web site: Governance. Becket Keys School Website. 21 May 2013.
  19. Web site: BRISTOL FREE SCHOOL TRUST . Companies House . Gov.uk.
  20. Web site: RET BECKET KEYS CHURCH OF ENGLAND FREE SCHOOL TRUST . Companies House . Gov.uk . 2 May 2024.
  21. Web site: Consultation. Kings School Hove Website. 21 May 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130721224222/http://www.kingsschoolhove.org.uk/consultation.php. 21 July 2013.
  22. Web site: Turing House School – Funding Agreement and Admissions Consultation. Turing House. Ruseell Education Trust. 4 July 2015.
  23. Web site: GOVERNANCE AND SCHEME OF DELEGATION. Russell Education Trust. 28 October 2017.

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