Author: John Dickens

A council has admitted it knew an illegal school was actually unregistered before they spent tens of thousands of pounds placing two “exceptionally vulnerable” youngsters to be educated there. In total, six councils sent youngsters to Freiston Hall, in Lincolnshire, an unregistered school for looked-after children with highly complex physical and mental health needs that […]

The Confederation of School Trusts – a sector body for academy trusts – has published what it describes as a sector-led white paper today. Proposals include to ditch the “divisive language of MATs [multi-academy trusts] and SATs [single-academy trusts]” and set up a new independent regulator. (Read our news story here). Here’s your trusty Schools […]

Councils have been warned to carry out the proper checks on school placements for vulnerable youngsters after it emerged some had spent thousands of pounds sending pupils to an “unsafe” illegal school. Three people have been convicted of running an illegal school at Freiston Hall, in Lincolnshire – an unregistered school for looked after children […]

Matt Hood, chief education officer at the Ambition Institute, has announced he will leave the organisation at the end of this year. Hood founded the organisation’s predecessor – the Institute of Teaching – in 2014, before overseeing the merger with Ambition School Leadership in 2018. Having led Ambition’s new strategy, programme suite and brand, he […]

A firm accused of beaming political “propaganda” into primary schools without consent has claimed screenshots of its videos have been “deliberately” taken out of context. Phil Austin, managing director of Anomaly, which produces content for digital noticeboards in schools, said he had received a death threat after slides from a presentation were shared on social […]