Have your say on proposal for Moseley to join West Midlands Academy Trust

Moseley School and Sixth Form has today launched an engagement period on a proposal for the school to join West Midlands Academy Trust, known as WMAT.

The engagement runs from 5 to 23 October and gives staff, parents, carers and local stakeholders an opportunity to comment on the proposal and raise questions before the remaining decisions are taken.

Following the school’s Ofsted inspection earlier this year, Moseley has been clear that significant improvement is needed. The Department for Education has concluded that the school should join an academy trust and has identified WMAT as its preferred trust.

WMAT is a local South Birmingham trust bringing together Hall Green School, Kings Norton Girls’ School and Swanshurst School. Its team has been providing school improvement support to Moseley since March through work commissioned by Birmingham City Council, so it already knows the school, its staff and its community.

Joining WMAT would allow Moseley to draw on that support for the longer term. Staff and leaders would be able to work more closely with colleagues across the trust, share expertise and resources, and access greater capacity to support the school’s improvement.

No final decision has been made, with the proposal remaining subject to due diligence, consideration of the engagement feedback and the necessary approvals from Moseley’s Interim Executive Board, the WMAT Board and the Department for Education.

There is no immediate change to the day-to-day running of the school. If the proposal progresses and the remaining legal and practical work is completed, Moseley is anticipated to join WMAT on 1 January 2027.

Richard Reeve, Executive Headteacher at Moseley School and Sixth Form, said:

“This is an important next step in considering the future of Moseley. We have been clear about the scale of improvement needed and equally clear about our determination to give pupils the education and opportunities they deserve.

“WMAT already knows our school, our staff and our community well through the support it has provided since March. Becoming part of the trust would give us access to that expertise and capacity for the longer term and allow us to build on the improvement work already under way.

“No final decision has been made, and this engagement matters. I would encourage parents, carers, colleagues and local partners to read the information and share their views with us before 23 October.”

How to respond

Please email joiningWMAT@moseley.bham.sch.uk using the subject line ‘Moseley and WMAT engagement’ by the end of Friday 23 October. All responses will be collated and considered after the engagement closes.

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