News

Schools face £1bn funding hit over falling rolls, report suggests

Think tank warns of 'imminent challenges to financial health of schools' amid falling rolls crisis

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AP

Council launches AP review after girl left without education for months

Ombudsman found Essex Council 'disregarded' its responsibilities for girl waiting for support

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Academies

Lack of ‘capacity-givers’ forces small academy trust into merger

Coast and Vale Learning Trust was told by the DfE it would not be allowed to take on any...

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Solutions

Academy trusts: From growing pains to gains

As more leaders consider growth, what do we know about how to do this well?

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Academies

GAG pooling transparency calls as trust takes 20% from schools

'Schools within the trust are having significant amounts of income retained centrally'

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School buildings

Repair grants fall again despite ‘collapsing’ school estate

Concerns only schools with 'most urgent condition need' will receive repairs cash, as number of greenlit projects tumbles again...

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Academies

Rise in £200k academy trust CEOs as pay ‘stagnation’ ends

Three more leaders now earn over £300,000, our annual investigation finds

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Academies

Academy converters can’t get £25k grant if they become a SAT

But trust body flags concern over capacity to manage 'spike' in applications before change comes into force

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Recruitment

Teacher training top-up courses slashed as DfE cuts costs

Funding to provide subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses cut to just five subjects from next month

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