The Thrive Partnership was an academy trust which operated two academies in

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and

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. The trust ceased in 2018. The academy trust operated the

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and the Colne Community School and College.

Academy trust

The trust was founded on 10 October 2011. The trust's headquarters were at the Philip Morant School in Colchester. Both Philip Morant and Colne Community College became academies in 2011, in which the two schools decided to collaborate to create the academic trust.

Controversy

On 23 March 2018 Nardeep Sharma, executive officer of the trust, was suspended along with Catherine Hutley, the executive principal of Philip Morant. From 29 March 2018, an investigation into the Trust Governance took place led by the Department for Education and was published in October 2019. The Thrive Partnership Academy Trust was dissolved on 31 December 2018.

Demise

In 2019, the final investigation report was released by the HM Education & Funding Skills Agency. This included rewarding a contract for web design to a company with links to staff that the board approved.

References

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19776664.colchester-schools-boss-ban-lifted-due-new-evidence/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/03/27/headteacher-suspended-parent-backlash-schools-controversial/ https://www.nardeepsharma.com/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/03/27/headteacher-suspended-parent-backlash-schools-controversial/ https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19767694.former-colchester-schools-boss-ban-lifted-traumatic-year/ {{coord missing, United Kingdom Academies Academies in England