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<p>Academy trust freedoms include the autonomy for academy trusts to make decisions
on matters such as financial governance, the school year and day, curriculum, staffing,
and pay. These enable academy trusts to collaborate, innovate, and run themselves
efficiently to support teachers and schools where the challenge is greatest to deliver
the best outcomes for their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Schools White
Paper, the department knows the best multi-academy trusts transform outcomes for pupils,
particularly the most disadvantaged, and deliver improvement in schools and areas
where poor performance had become entrenched.</p><p> </p><p>There are no provisions
in the Schools Bill that undermine academy freedoms. The Schools Bill makes provisions
for the Academy Trust Standards, which will bring together existing requirements currently
set out across funding agreements, legislation, and the Academy Trust Handbook into
a single statutory framework. This will bring greater clarity, understanding and reassurance
to the sector, and will ensure the same minimum standards apply consistently to all
academies now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The department will consult with the
sector on every iteration of the Academy Trust Standards regulations.</p>
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