School buildings

LocatED: £40k bonus for DfE’s property company boss

Latest accounts show £210k-a-year CEO received the bonus in performance-related pay in 2023-24

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Academies

Don’t rush to create biblical MATs, Catholic dioceses told

All but one of the 19 English Catholic dioceses are pursuing trust growth plans

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Recruitment and retention

Wage rises needed to attract 6,500 teachers would cost £7bn

Government would need to hike salaries by 10% for the next three years if relying on wage boosts alone...

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News

What’s in a name? Rodillian academy trust rebrands as Resilience

Trust that fell foul of academy rules under former CEO becomes latest to change its name

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Academies

Academy trust merger decision due (despite CEO already running the other chain)

Delta boss Paul Tarn took over Coast and Vale Learning Trust as chief executive in April

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Exclusions

What’s behind a record rise in suspensions, and how do we solve it?

Which schools are excluding the most pupils, and why? What can we learn from leaders who have got suspensions...

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Jack Dyson
Academies

Bigger trusts wanted to ignore small schools, says regional chief

DfE regions group 'pushed back' against obstinate CEOs to make sure small schools were 'looked after'

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Jack Dyson
Academies

Trusts paid out £3m in rule-breaching related-party deals

Related-party transaction breaches were flagged in 52 academy trust accounts last year

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School improvement

‘Jobs for the boys’ fears as ministers pick school improvement advisers

New regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) teams will start to be rolled out in January

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