Greenwood Academies Trust

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Greenwood Academies Trust
Nottingham Academy Greenwood 7916.jpg
Nottingham Academy, the trust's 'mother academy'.
Address
Greenwood House,
Colwick Quays Business Park,
Private Road No 2,
Colwick,
, Nottinghamshire, NG4 2JY
United Kingdom
Coordinates 52°57′19″N1°04′37″W / 52.955183°N 1.077013°W / 52.955183; -1.077013
District information
Type Multi-academy trust
Established31 March 2009;14 years ago (2009-03-31)
Chair of the boardMike Hamlin
Other information
Website www.greenwoodacademies.org

The Greenwood Academies Trust is a large multi-academy trust in England, centred around the Nottingham Academy, which was formerly the Greenwood Dale School. There are 34 academies within the trust, educating over 17,000 pupils. [1] The trust's mission is "to enable every child within our academies to be the best they can be".[ citation needed ]

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Organisation

The academies within the trust are clustered into four geographical regions:

  1. East Coast
  2. Northamptonshire / Central Bedfordshire
  3. Nottingham / Leicester
  4. Peterborough

Each region has a liaising advisor. Individual schools do not have local governing bodies but advisory panels.

A Central Team operates across the trust providing support services for finance, ICT, procurement, human resources, catering, data, curriculum development, staff development, health and safety. Schools have control of 94.5% of their budget: the Central Team budget is 5.5%. [2]

Academies

Source: [3] [4]


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References

  1. "Our academies". www.greenwoodacademies.org. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  2. "About us". www.greenwoodacademies.org. Retrieved 17 December 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "List of Academies".
  4. "How we work" (PDF). greenwoodacademies.org. Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust. Retrieved 17 December 2017.