Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she received notice from the Academies Enterprise Trust of its proposed change of name to Lift Schools; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of this name change on public confidence in the trust.

Academies Enterprise Trust informed the department of its intention to change name as part of the department’s regular engagement with them and subsequently confirmed this in writing.

Academy trusts may change their name but must notify Companies House and the department once they have decided to do so.

It is for a trust to determine its name and consider how this affects its public image.