Governance

Trust makes schools shareholders so ‘their voice always heard’

Biggest trust gives local governing body chairs ‘share certificates’ so they have vote on trust-wide decisions

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Revealed: The academy CEO pay premium

More than 60 CEOs earned over £200k, biggest-ever Schools Week executive pay investigation reveals

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Funding

‘Devastating and dangerous’: Schools hit by £82m budget raid for SEND

Councils slice record amount from school funds to prop up high needs shortfalls

Rosa Furneaux
Rosa Furneaux
SEND

ASCL head: Leaders turning away SEND kids need ‘calling out’

While wider reform is needed, leaders must create a ‘culture that is more inclusive and more open’, says union…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Schools told to provide breakfasts for ‘half the price of a Greggs sausage roll’ – ASCL president

Headteacher will take aim at education secretary for ‘smorgasbord of policies’ but lack of ‘vision’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Northern Education Trust appoints new chief executive officer

Deputy to step up to top role, as another large trust appoints a new boss

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer


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Schools

‘Now or never’ for 6,500 teacher pledge, Labour warned, as vacancies reach new high

Teacher leaving rates have not improved since before the pandemic, report warns

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

DfE told to come clean on its SEND reforms plan

Education committee chair demands government ‘set out its plans and anticipated timescales’ for special needs reforms

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
Ofsted

Ofsted appoints Mark Vickers as external adviser for inclusion

AP academy trust CEO will be tasked with helping to implement Ofsted’s reforms

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted open to ‘another consultation’ on inspection reforms if sector demands rethink

Watchdog’s national director also insists report card proposals do not ‘throw the baby out with the bath water’

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Academies

Academy sector annual report: 7 key findings

Auditors sound warning over pension liabilities, while one trust paid out an exit package of at least £200k

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson