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The Learning Schools Trust (LST) was a charitable trust which operated Kunskapsskolan sponsored academy schools in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2016.

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LST operated four academy schools in England: Hampton Academy [1] and Twickenham Academy [2] in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Ipswich Academy in Ipswich, Suffolk, [3] and the Elizabeth Woodville School (EWS) in Northamptonshire. [4]

History

LST was incorporated in February 2010 when it took over the running of its first three schools. [5] [6] [7] The Elizabeth Woodville School became an LST Academy on 1 December 2012. [8]

In March 2014 the trust was one of 14 organisations prevented from taking on new schools. [9] The following year, the Department for Education removed Ipswich Academy from LST's trusteeship. [10] Hampton Academy and Twickenham Academy both left the Learning Schools Trust at the end of the 2015 school year. [11] The trust ceased operation in 2016 and was dissolved in 2020. [12] [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Hampton High". www.hamptonacademy.org.uk.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to Twickenham School". www.twickenhamacademy.org.uk.
  3. ↑ "Ipswich Academy". www.ipswichacademy.org.uk.
  4. ↑ "Elizabeth Woodville Secondary School - Home". Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Academies open for business in Richmond". Your Local Guardian. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Hollie-Rae Merrick (2 March 2011). "Ipswich: High school has first day as town's new academy". Ipswich Star .
  7. ↑ "LEARNING SCHOOLS TRUST". Companies House. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Elizabeth Woodville School". Ofsted. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "New Magazine Experience".
  10. ↑ Hunter, Matt (11 March 2015). "Major shake-up at struggling Ipswich Academy with new sponsor and boss due in September after damning Ofsted report". Ipswich Star. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  11. ↑ Odling, George. "Pair of struggling academies to form multi-school trust with Teddington and Waldegrave Schools". Richmond & Twickenham Times. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "An academy trust that follows Gove's favourite Swedish model is dissolving…". 24 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "LEARNING SCHOOLS TRUST - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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