Schools

Big academy trust given £1.5m government loan to stay afloat

A 24-school trust racked up seven-figure losses after paying for iPads for staff and pupils

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Jack Dyson
Academies

Union ballots teachers on biggest academy trust strikes

The NEU is polling members across the Harris Federation on proposed walkouts over working conditions

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Jack Dyson
News

Delta trust merger escalated to ministers

Trust boss left puzzled after advisory board refers decision to minister

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Jack Dyson
Academies

Brighton trust to close after ‘GAG pooling’ controversy

MAT at centre of first 'GAG pooling' strikes will transfer schools to other trusts

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Jack Dyson
News

CEOs of big trusts ‘escape scrutiny’ under government’s ‘outlier’ pay crackdown

Method used by government for trust pay checks appears to be loaded against smaller trusts

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Jack Dyson
Politics

Labour cost-cutting spree now hits STEM

Science teacher training and physics take-up programmes cut despite Starmer’s pledge to make England an AI ‘superpower’

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Jack Dyson
Politics

Phillipson faces first education committee grilling

Education secretary set to be questioned by MPs over SEND, wellbeing bill and private school fees

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Jack Dyson
Curriculum

Matt Hood to leave Oak national academy

It comes less than a year after he bagged the permanent role

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Jack Dyson
PFI

PFI disputes erupt as contracts near expiry dates

PFI branded a 'zero-sum game' amid multi-million-pound legal disputes over buildings

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Jack Dyson