Ambitious academy trust to rebrand, as Education Uncovered reveals that fewer than half of its schools have been inspected

A medium-sized academy trust, which has been covered a fair bit on this website, is to rebrand itself, with questions inevitably being raised as to whether this is the best use of taxpayers’ funds.

Wellsway multi-academy trust, based outside Bristol at its flagship school of the same name, will become the Futura Learning Partnership from September, an information pack for the role of “principal and executive head of school” for Wellsway School and another of the trust’s academies confirms.

The information pack, giving background information on the role of school leader to oversee Wellsway School and its associated studio school, IKB Academy in the town of Keynsham, suggests the trust believes it is time for a new name as the chain has grown swiftly, to 13 schools, having been launched by Wellsway School in 2014.

The job pack states: “Our trustees are in the process of introducing a new name, Futura Learning Partnership, in recognition of the size and nature of our organisation. You will be joining us at an exciting time as we launch our re-brand in September 2021.”

As seems the trend in these traditionalist-leaning times under the Conservatives’ stewardship of English state-funded education, the name has a Latin link.