Eastern Multi-academy Trust

Eastern Multi-academy Trust was formed by resolution 9 May 2017, when the College of West Anglia withdrew its membership from the CWA Academy Trust.^[1]

Eastern Multi-academy Trust

Founded	6 August 2010
Type	Multi-academy Trust
Registration no.	07338780
Location	Trust Offices, Queen Mary Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, PE30 4QG
Website	www.e-mat.org.uk
UID 2840

It is sponsor of schools with academy status based in Norfolk, England, founded by The College of West Anglia.^[2]

The trust was founded to help improve primary and secondary education in the area, around the college's ethos of 'changing lives through learning'.^[3]

Academies

CWA Academy Trust in 2014 sponsored five academies in the Norfolk area, three of which are in King's Lynn and two of which are in Downham Market.^[4] These were King's Lynn Academy, founded in 2010, Downham Market Academy (2013), Eastgate Academy, Nelson Academy and King Edward VII Academy (2014).

Secondary schools

• King's Lynn Academy, King's Lynn
• Downham Market Academy, Downham Market
• King Edward VII Academy, King's Lynn

In 2017, King's Lynn Academy was judged by Ofsted to be inadequate, and Downham Market Academy instructed to leave this trust.^[5]

Primary schools

• Nelson Academy, Downham Market
• Eastgate Academy, King's Lynn

These were joined by

• Emneth,
• North Wootton,
• Southery
• Upwell academy.^[6]