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Auditors flag increase in financially ‘unviable’ academy trusts

Auditors are increasingly raising the alarm about academy trusts at risk of running out of money, with chains raiding...

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Meet the £200k-per-year academy chiefs who look after just a handful of schools

Growing numbers of academy leaders, many of them responsible for only a handful of schools, now earn more than...

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Revealed: The 23 trusts that broke rules over £4m related-party transactions

Twenty-three academy trusts breached funding rules last year when they made payments of more than £4 million to companies...

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Harris Federation boss’s salary reaches £420,000 after latest pay rise

The country’s best-paid academy boss has been handed another pay rise – boosting his salary to at least £420,000....

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EFA paid £16m for £5m Hackney free school site

The government paid £16 million for a free school site that was later valued by the council as worth...

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Accounts Watch: Academy trust chief gets £85,000 severance pay-out

An academy trust chief executive who resigned after a misconduct investigation received a payout of of more than £85,000....

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Basildon Academies trust issued fourth government warning

An academy trust dubbed one of the early “untouchables” has been issued with its fourth government warning notice. The...

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Regional schools commissioner league tables 2014-15

After a six-month battle with the government, Schools Week has obtained the data used by ministers to assess the...

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Brooke Weston academy trust invests £1m in stocks

Entrepreneurial academy trusts are taking advantage of their cash freedoms to make six-figure profits by investing in stocks and...

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