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<p>An academy sponsor is an organisation or person who has received approval from
the department to support an underperforming academy or group of academies. A range
of bodies and institutions, including multi-academy trusts, can apply to become academy
sponsors.</p><p> </p><p>An academy sponsor is paused if any or all of the following
conditions exist:</p><ul><li>significant concerns with educational impact;</li><li>serious
financial concerns, for example where the Education and Skills Funding Agency has
issued a financial notice to improve due to financial non-compliance, breaches of
funding agreements; and/or</li><li>serious concerns about the leadership or governance
of the sponsor, which may include due diligence and counter extremism issues.</li></ul><p>
</p><p>Academy sponsors remain on pause unless and until the concerns that led to
them being paused have been resolved. Just because a sponsor is not on pause does
not mean it is automatically allowed to take on more schools. A rigorous process is
followed for all sponsorship decisions.</p><p>The following list shows all academy
sponsors that are paused as of 22 May 2018:</p><ol><li>Bright Futures Educational
Trust;</li><li>Grace Foundation;</li><li>CfBT Schools Trust;</li><li>City of Wolverhampton
Academy Trust;</li><li>Future Schools Trust;</li><li>The Education Fellowship Trust;</li><li>University
of Chester Academies Trust;</li><li>Wakefield City Academies Trust;</li><li>The Silver
Birch Academy;</li><li>Plymouth CAST;</li><li>TBAP Trust;</li><li>Zail Enterprises
Ltd;</li><li><del class="ministerial">Bradfield School; </del>and</li><li>Chrysalis
Multi-Academy Trust.</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong><br /> </strong></p><p> </p>
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