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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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RSC performance measure quietly dropped

The government stopped judging regional commissioners on how many schools in their regions were in need of an academy...

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DfE bottom of the class for information request punctuality

The Department for Education (DfE) has been ranked bottom of the class for punctuality in responding on time to...

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Computing, Mandarin and general science teachers added to official job shortage list

The government’s Migration Advisory Committee wants three more secondary teacher subjects added to the official shortage list – but...

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