Star Academies (formerly Tauheedul Education Trust)[2] is a multi-academy trust (MAT) that operates 36 free schools and academies.
[3] As a multi-academy trust, Star Academies is an exempt charity regulated by the Department for Education.
[4] In 2019, concerns about the performance of Highfield Leadership Academy led the DfE to issue a "minded to terminate" letter to the trust, suggesting that they might remove the trust's funding for this school.
[5][6] The trust's change of name followed its change of focus; it had originally only been responsible for Islamic schools, but expanded to secular and Christian schools.
[7][8] In 2022, the school was planning to open additional free schools in the north of England in partnership with Eton College.