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Star Academies
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| Founded | August 23, 2010 |
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| Type | Academy Trust |
| Focus | Education |
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Key people | Sir (Mufti) Hamid Patel, CEO[1] |
| Website | staracademies |
Star Academies (formerly Tauheedul Education Trust)[2] is a multi-academy trust (MAT) that operates 36 free schools and academies. There are nineteen secondary schools and nine primary schools under the jurisdiction of the trust.[3]
As a multi-academy trust, Star Academies is an exempt charity regulated by the Department for Education.[4]
In 2019, concerns about the performance of Highfield Leadership Academy led the DfE to issue a "minded to terminate" letter to the trust, suggesting that they might remove the trust's funding for this school.[5][6]
The trust's change of name followed its change of focus; it had originally only been responsible for Islamic schools, but expanded to secular and Christian schools.[7][8]
In 2022, the school was planning to open additional free schools in the north of England in partnership with Eton College.[9] In 2024, the government said they would pause and review these proposals.[10]
- ^ Diamond, Colin; Waters, M. (2022). The Birmingham Book: Lessons in urban education leadership and policy from the Trojan Horse affair. Crown House Publishing. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-78583-609-1. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ Robertson, Alix (22 July 2018). "Tauheedul rebrands as 'Star' as non-faith provision expands". Schools Week. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ "Star Academies". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Department for Education. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ "Regulation of schools and academies with exempt charity status". gov.uk. Department for Education. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ Hazell, Will (22 February 2019). "Star Academies school threatened with funding termination". Tes Magazine. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ Allen-Kinross, Pippa (22 February 2019). "Star warned it could lose 'inadequate' academy". Schools Week. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ Lundie, David (2022). School Leadership between Community and the State: The Changing Civic Role of Schooling. Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy. Springer International Publishing. p. 193. ISBN 978-3-030-99834-9. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ Miah, Shamim; Sanderson, Pete; Thomas, Paul (2020). 'Race,' Space and Multiculturalism in Northern England: The (M62) Corridor of Uncertainty. Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Springer International Publishing. p. 232. ISBN 978-3-030-42032-1. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ Halliday, Josh (21 March 2022). "Headteacher defends plan for free 'Etons of the north' sixth forms". the Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ Adams, Richard (22 October 2024). "Ministers pause plans to open 44 new state schools in England". the Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
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