LocatED

LocatED: DfE to absorb property firm and ‘unify’ teams

Decision comes after government launched review of all arm's length bodies

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RISE teams

New school accountability regime: attainment checks and profiles

Government has confirmed new school profiles will be trialled this year, with RISE teams to oversee 'informal' attainment checks

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Attendance

Schools should take ‘proactive’ action to get kids back to class, new rules state

Everything leaders need to know from new statutory guidance on children missing education

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Jack Dyson
PFI

PFI handovers: Council stumps up £3.5m, but repairs still left waiting

Stoke's case shows councils ill-prepared for end of PFI deals

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Schools

Lockdown: The schools forced to take emergency measures

Union calls for 'comprehensive' guidance as leaders warn of communications difficulties during incidents

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MAT mergers

Ark Schools to set up ‘northern hub’ after MAT merger

Merger with 9-school trust will also put Ark in the country's top 10 biggest MATs

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Movers and Shakers

Delta Academies Trust names Sir Paul Tarn successor

New CEO will ‘build on what has been achieved to date’ as he takes over the reins

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News

Watchdog widens probe into charities supporting Jewish schools

Three more charities linked to schools to be investigated by Charity Commission over £22m cashed cheque concerns

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RAAC

School delays return to class amid RAAC concerns

Long tail of crumby concrete crisis re-emerges as 'questions' raised over 7-year-old mitigation

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