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| Founded | August 23, 2010 (2010-08-23) |
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| Type | Academy Trust |
| Focus | Education |
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| Key people | (Mufti) Hamid Patel, CEO |
| Website | staracademies |
Star Academies (formerly Tauheedul Education Trust) is a multi-academy trust (MAT) that operates 28 free schools and academies. There are nineteen secondary schools and nine primary schools under the jurisdiction of the trust.
As a multi-academy trust, Star Academies is an exempt charity regulated by the Department for Education.
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.
The trust's change of name followed its change of focus; it had originally only been responsible for Islamic schools, but expanded to secular schools.
In 2022, the school was planning to open additional free schools in the north of England in partnership with Eton College. In 2024, the government said they would pause and review these proposals.
Secondary schools
- Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, Waterfoot
- Bay Leadership Academy, Heysham
- Highfield Leadership Academy, Blackpool
- Laisterdyke Leadership Academy, Bradford
- Oulder Hill Leadership Academy, Rochdale
- Small Heath Leadership Academy, Small Heath
- Starbank School, Birmingham
- Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School, Blackburn
- Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School, Blackburn
- The Valley Leadership Academy, Stacksteads
- Tong Leadership Academy, Bradford
References
- 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.
External links
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