For this episode Tim Warneford is in Bedfordshire to speak to Jeremy Pilgrim from School Property Matters who are independent experts in pupil capacity and have worked with over 2500 schools so far.   On this episode we cover:   Working with over 2500+ schools Staring with only LEAs then Academies then MATs The government origins of MATs Feeling academisation brought freedom and autonomy Although some of this has been reined in with MATs Pros and cons of MATs v LEAs Whether MATs are getting the right side of support Working out the pupil yield from new developments The drivers for parents selecting schools Early adopters to academies having done quite well Are MATs getting the Section 106 funding they're entitled to? Assessing what schools need to expand New buildings being attractive to parents A haemorrhage of pupils when a school is seen as failing Good schools also having to consider what expansion means The academy better having improved in terms of expansion A large percentage of trusts talking of expanding this year Risk to this growth Previous estimates of 1000 schools converting a year now reducing to 500-600 Schools now reluctant to convert LEAs could convert their education departments into MATs Disparate systems being hard to manage Section 106 allocation; there is money available that hasn't yet been invested in school stock Brexit restricting labour pool How to increase quality of homegrown talent for labour pool Money needing to be poured into growing home grown talent Capacity need to be at the forefront Why would schools maintain buildings they don't need?  

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