Barnfield College

[4] By 2007, the Barnfield Federation included a nursery, primary and secondary schools and a college.

[7] As of October 2013, the federation was under investigation by the Department for Education and the Skills Funding Agency.

[8][9][10] A key element of the investigation focussed on a £915,000 funding claim for students that did not study at the college.

[11][12] The outcomes of the investigations were jointly announced on 28 February 2014[13] by multiple news sources, which summarised reports from the Further Education Commissioner,[14] the Skills Funding Agency[15] and the Education Funding Agency.

[16] In July 2014 it was announced that the schools would be split from Barnfield College to form their own multi-academy trust.