WCAT came under criticism for executive spending in a leaked government report that also noted Wakefield City Academy's inability to produce records of pupil premium payments.

[2] In September 2017, WCAT announced that it was seeking to cease operation and have its schools transferred to alternate sponsor organisations.

[4] Schoolsweek described what happened at a Flattening the grass assembly at Outwood Academy City Fields.

“Those first assemblies were very, very harsh… The atmosphere was poisonous… The people that were in there were just downright nasty towards the pupils.”[5] Again the trust denied the accusation.

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