Russell Education Trust
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The Russell Education Trust (RET) is a multi-academy trust in the United Kingdom.[1] It provides educational support services in the creation and operation of academies established as part of the free schools programme.[2] It is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, with exempt charity status, regulated by the Department for Education.[3] Its board members include educationalists and representatives from its schools' local governing bodies.[4]
RET was established in 2010 by directors of the school improvement company Education London which, between 2003 and 2017, provided educational support services to government, notably as a service provider to the London Challenge, as well as to individual local authorities and schools.[5][6][7] Education London ceased trading in 2017, but continues as community interest company EL (RET) to sponsor RET.[8]
Both organisations were based in the same office building in Leatherhead, Surrey, until 2024 when they moved to Teddington.[9][5]
The Russell Education Trust has worked in partnership with parents, communities, and diocesan authorities to establish the following free schools:[10]
- Bristol Free School, established 2011[11]
- Becket Keys Church of England School, established 2012[12]
- King's School, Hove, established 2013[13]
- St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School, established 2013[14]
- Turing House School, established 2015[15]