Struggling trust failed to clear payment to outgoing ‘senior executive’ MAT also did not conduct internal audit as reserves tumbled due to ‘rising costs’, accounts show
‘Schoolboy error’ sees smaller schools escape RISE low attainment crackdown The DfE has not contacted some primaries potentially needing RISE support because low pupil numbers mean data goes unpublished
Best-paid academy boss earns £530k after £15k pay rise Harris Federation CEO Sir Dan Moynihan received £15k wage hike last year, newly published accounts show
Absence fines level out after post-Covid surge Unions argue new £80 penalties are not ‘much of a deterrent’ amid fresh calls for limits on travel firm school holiday price rises
Schools with good governance ‘better prepared for Ofsted’ Those with effective boards ‘more likely to sustain improvement beyond the inspection cycle’, report finds
Community health hubs could use empty classrooms LocatED chief ‘seriously worried’ closures due to demographic shifts could undo the work of the free schools programme
New AI platform aims to make sense of ‘myriad of data’ Open Education AI formally launches as a ‘sector-led non-profit’ and seeks to help schools bring together data from multiple apps and tools
Trusts’ finances improve, but leaders brace for more rainy days Some chains boost reserves by up to 900%, but others remain in deficit as leaders warn of tough times ahead
Dr Jenny Blunden, CEO, Truro and Penwith Academy Trust When Dr Jenny Blunden took charge at her Cornish trust, its three schools were ‘broken’. But in a fight against low aspirations, the CEO has added successful schools and continues to battle for them as budgets remain squeezed