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Academies Enterprise Trust relocates HQ to London so staff have better train access

The country’s largest academy chain is moving its headquarters to London because staff need better access to train stations….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Where did the paralympic gold medallists go to school?

Independent schools disproportionately represent Great Britain at elite level sport, but an analysis of this year’s Olympic and Paralympic…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Corbyn launches national campaign against grammar schools

The newly re-elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will launch a national campaign against plans to open new grammar schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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£70m government-funded careers company insists it has ‘achieved a lot’

The Careers and Enterprise Company will do more to support and train teachers, its chief executive has said after…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Full academisation could cost taxpayer £320 million, warn councils

Converting all remaining council-maintained schools into academies could cost the taxpayer £320 million, the Local Government Association has warned….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust ordered to close private company sponsor after EFA investigation

An academy trust has been ordered to close a linked commercial company and “closely monitor” its finances following an…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Conservative minister with grammar schools ‘concerns’ quits government

A Conservative minister said to have concerns about plans to open new grammar schools has resigned. Lord Jim O’Neill,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE faces landmark judicial review after school commissioner ‘flouted’ sixth form rules

The Department for Education is facing a judicial review over claims a regional schools comissioner flouted the government’s own…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Prep school exaggerated 11-plus results

A prep school boasting of its impressive record of getting pupils to grammar school has been rapped by the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE admits to alternative provision failures

The government “needs to do better” for pupils in alternative provision, says a senior civil servant following claims that…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Former Lilac Sky CEO disputes revised accounts

The co-founder of an academy chain that is due to be wound up has claimed the trust released inaccurate…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Financial investigation into Bright Tribe trust remains ‘hidden’ by education secretary

The education secretary has been accused of “hiding” a financial investigation into a controversial academy trust run by the…

John Dickens
John Dickens