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Critical Lilac Sky trust finance warning kept under wraps for months

A critical financial notice issued by the government to an academy trust revealing “significant irregular financial and governance practice”…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Minister met with key studio school officials to discuss ‘review’ of model

Academies minister Lord Nash met with key officials from the studio schools programme to discuss a review of the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New GCSEs force curriculum trade-off

An Essex school’s plans to restructure its timetable to meet the demands of the new “big fat” GCSEs has…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Revealed: Pupils’ lives at risk after fire safety breaches at illegal schools

There have been at least five fires and 44 failures to comply with fire brigade safety orders at suspected…

Etan Smallman
Etan Smallman
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High-attaining poorer pupils are underperforming at sponsored academies, new study finds

An annual report on the performance of academy chains has revealed that five groups – Aspirations, City of London,…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Chain Effects 2017: Which academy trusts are well above average?

This year’s fourth Chain Effects annual report has been released today. It looks at the exam results of disadvantaged…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney


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Pupils who are extreme internet users more likely to be bullied, report warns

Pupils who use the internet to “extreme” levels are more likely to be being bullied, a new report shows….

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Schools warned to expect drop in rate of English literature top grades

Schools can expect a lower proportion of their pupils to get top grades in their English Literature GCSE this…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Academy trust broke rules over CEO’s £8,000 four-star hotel stays

An academy trust in financial trouble breached government rules after paying nearly £8,000 so its chief executive could stay…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Schools go ‘supersize’ to cope with population growth

The average size of primary schools has increased by one whole class since 2009 to accommodate a bulge in…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Free school meal take-up lowest on record, and 4 more census findings

School census data from January 2017 has been released by the government today. Here are the main points… 1….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy facing closure over ‘crippling’ £21 million PFI costs

A struggling academy is facing closure because of “crippling” PFI repayments – with the council set to pick up…

John Dickens
John Dickens