Guidance
Apply to transfer an academy into your trust
Make an application to transfer one or more academies into your trust.
Applies to England
Who should use this service
- Multi-academy trusts (MATs) that want to add an academy or academies from single academy trusts (SATs)
- MATs that want to add an academy or academies from a different MAT
- MATs merging or consolidating, where all the academies from one trust are transferring to another trust
For all other types of transfer use the guidance on academy transfers.
Before you apply
Make sure the lead applicant completes the application.
The lead applicant:
- should be a representative from the trust that academies are joining
- can invite anyone involved in the transfer to help complete this application
The chair of trustees from all trusts involved in the transfer must also sign a declaration.
What you will need
Before you start your application you will need the:
- names of the academies involved, including unique reference numbers
- names of trustees and members
- date you want to transfer
Growing your academy trust
All plans to grow an academy trust will need to be agreed by the regions group for your area. The following guidance has useful information:
- Multi-academy trusts: establishing and developing your trust
- Commissioning high-quality trusts: how DfE makes academy trust commissioning decisions and the 5 pillars of strong trusts
- Academy transfers: information for academy trusts: information for existing SATs or MATs that want to add academies from another SAT or MAT