News Meet the £200k-per-year academy chiefs who look after just a handful of schools Growing numbers of academy leaders, many of them responsible for only a handful of schools, now earn more than… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Exclusive Revealed: The 23 trusts that broke rules over £4m related-party transactions Twenty-three academy trusts breached funding rules last year when they made payments of more than £4 million to companies… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Termly safeguarding audits would help heads ‘sleep at night’ A specialist body of safeguarding officers should be set up within or separately from Ofsted because inspections are “too… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Sponsored academies lose more pupils after takeovers More pupils leave schools when they become sponsored academies than when they are under local authority control, a new… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Governors in West Sussex plan strike over school funding Plans for the first “strike” of school governors have prompted a warning about the morale of volunteers who are… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Harris Federation boss’s salary reaches £420,000 after latest pay rise The country’s best-paid academy boss has been handed another pay rise – boosting his salary to at least £420,000…. John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Government abandons year 3 phonics check after trial prompts workload concerns The government will not extend its phonics screening check re-takes to year three pupils after a trial run prompted concerns… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Ofsted publishes ‘unapproved’ report placing Durand in special measures The education watchdog Ofsted has apologised after publishing an unapproved inspection report into Durand Academy that placed the beleagured… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Government to rebroker Manchester free schools founded by charity boss Two free schools in Greater Manchester will be re-brokered to new multi-academy trusts after one was placed into special… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Nick Gibb ‘comfortable’ with schools’ approach to cost cutting The schools minister Nick Gibb has said he is “comfortable” with the way schools are dealing with rising cost… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Multi-academy trusts swap data systems for Progress 8 New performance measures such as Progress 8 have led some multi-academy trusts to move away from traditional data-system providers…. Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Over a third of parents asked for school donations, survey finds More than a third of parents have been asked to donate money to their child’s school, according to a… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y Newer 1 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 1,002 Older
