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October 7 2016

Please read the letter from Fr. Jonathan Veasey regarding the follow up to the DES Academies Briefing here.
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Please read the Associated Guidance Document referred to in Fr. Jonathan's letter here.



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Please read the two documents referred to in the Associated Guidance here and here.

Summary 

In accordance with our Mission of securing, protecting and improving Catholic Education across the Archdiocese of Birmingham, the Diocesan Education Service has continued to reflect on and support organisational structures which protect our schools for the future. There are currently 17 Multi-Academy Companies (MACs) in operation, consisting in total of 93 Academies.
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The current position of the Archdiocese is that we will continue to support all our schools, whether they are in a MAC or not. In light of recent Government announcements on academies, we will continue to review our policy and directives in order to be in the best position to strategically protect and support all of our schools. The Catholic Education Service (CES) is currently considering a public statement on academies and we will be working closely with the CES to align our support accordingly.

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Updates from the DES:

​Presentations from the DES Academy Briefing, July 2016:

​Presentation from Pank Patel, Regional Schools Commissioner - Read

​Presentation from Paul Barber of the Catholic Education Service (CES) - Read

​Speech from Rev Jonathan Veasey of the Diocesan Education Service (DES) - Read


​MAC Updates:
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MAC update (December 2016), Read

​Overview of MACs in the Archdiocese of Birmingham (May 2016), ​Read

​Presentations from the Chairs of MACs Meeting, 21st June 2016:

​St John Bosco Catholic Academy - Transition within the MAC, Read 

Bishop Cleary MAC: ​Business Models for MACs​, Read

​All Saints Catholic Collegiate: School Improvement, Read 

Newman University: A Values Driven and Inclusive Catholic University, Read ​​