PEOPLE have heard about MAT in connection with Queen Elizabeth’s School but not everyone is quite sure what it means.

A chance to ask questions came at Saturday’s Farmers’ Market at Crediton when governors were there with lots of information about a Multi Academy Trust.

QE is the only State boarding school in Devon and Cornwall. As part of the Dartmoor MAT it would be one of a collection of schools that had come together, QE would keep its name and uniform policy and would still work with the local primary schools.

The school governors and staff are now working on the details and, before the formal consultation starts, they want to try to find out what people think, hence their stand at the Farmers’ Market. They will be back in the market after Easter.