While the proportion of schools that are part of a MAT has been steadily increasing over the last few years, the proportion that are part of a SAT has been falling, down from 17% in 2020 to 11% this year.
Just 31% of schools in the North West asia rcs data are academies, compared to 63% of schools in the South West. The South West is also the region in which the highest proportion of schools that are part of a large MAT of 20 or more schools: just over a fifth of schools. In the North West, this figure is just 3%.
And it’s also worth noting that secondary schools are currently far more likely to be part of a MAT than primaries or other types of institution, including special schools and alternative provision.
64% of secondary schools are currently part of a MAT, and a further 17% are operating as a SAT. But just 40% of primaries and 38% of other schools are part of a MAT.
We wrote in more detail on the composition of MATs a few months ago, but suffice it to say that the majority are a mixture of primaries, secondaries and / or non-mainstream schools. But a substantial majority, roughly a third, are primary-only.
And finally, to wrap up this look at the current state of play for MATs, let’s see how the number and size of MATs has changed over the last five years.