Features

The rebel CEO with a community cause

Wayne Norrie is a MAT chief determined to always put children’s needs first, even if that means clashing with...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Academies

Academy commissioner costs soar by 40% after restructure

Teams now cost more than £3,000 for each of England’s academies

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Big MATs have highest teacher turnover, EPI finds

Large trusts have highest levels of teacher turnover and are better-off, report reveals

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Governance

Sir Paul Marshall steps down from Ark Schools board

Media mogul was accused of liking and sharing far-right extremist posts and conspiracy theories on social media

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Looking to the Future after online harassment

Lawrence Foley went from school refuser to doctor in modernist literature – but his career almost came to a...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Academies

Lack of ‘capacity-givers’ forces small academy trust into merger

Coast and Vale Learning Trust was told by the DfE it would not be allowed to take on any...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Solutions

Academy trusts: From growing pains to gains

As more leaders consider growth, what do we know about how to do this well?

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

GAG pooling transparency calls as trust takes 20% from schools

'Schools within the trust are having significant amounts of income retained centrally'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Dan Thomas, chief executive, TLP

Dan Thomas, now chief executive of The Learning Partnership trust, was once prompted by a fortune cookie to ‘take...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill