Trust Disbands
Athena Learning Trust, which operates three primary schools and six secondaries, three of which are in Devon, has announced that it will be disbanded....
20th Jul 2026
Devon Association of Governance
Fresh Start
A school is given a ‘Fresh Start’ when it is closed and reopened on the same site under the normal school reorganisation procedures. Schools eligible for Fresh Start must be in Special Measures, serious weaknesses, subject to a formal LA warning or (for secondary) achieving less than a 15% rate of pupils gaining at lest 5 A*-C GCSEs over three years from March 2000.