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DfE report delays let academy trust bosses ‘get away with it’

The government has admitted that reports on financial scandals in three academy trusts have been gathering dust for more...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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Fraud police drop Bright Tribe investigation

Fraud police have dropped their investigation into the Bright Tribe academy trust, Schools Week can reveal. The investigation was...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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DfE didn’t look into failed UTC’s finances

The government chose not to investigate when auditors were unable to properly scrutinise the finances of a failed university...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Bright Tribe emails reveal ‘upsetting’ treatment of campaigning parent

A former Bright Tribe boss told the headteacher of Whitehaven Academy to “think” about the application of a campaigner’s...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Bright Tribe probe ‘will be published’, vows academies minister

An investigation by the Education and Skills Funding Agency into allegations of wrongdoing at the doomed Bright Tribe trust...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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It’s a Dwan deal: Trust founder’s brother gets rent-free premises for nursery

A failed academy trust gave the brother of its founder rent-free premises for ten years to run a private...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Bright Tribe to lose name under merger with Adventure Learning Academies Trust

The under-fire Bright Tribe Academy Trust is planning to ditch its name and merge with its sister chain as...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Police investigations continue into Bright Tribe and WCAT

Police officers are continuing their enquiries into whether criminal offences have been committed either by the Bright Tribe Trust...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Council demands £1m from MAT that abandoned a failing school

A local authority is demanding the £1 million the government gave a MAT to take over failing schools in...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross