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18 April 2026

Author: Nicky Phillips

Prepare well and school trips can be fun

Accidents happen, but what if they are on a school trip that you are in charge of? Jade Kent lists what you need to be aware of School trips seem great in principle, but what if something goes wrong? How should we prepare for taking pupils off site? As a starting point, teachers are required […]

Lincolnshire multi-academy trusts merger approved

Two Lincolnshire multi-academy trusts are set to merge, one of the first moves of its kind, writes Sophie Scott. The Phoenix Federation of Schools and Boston Witham Academies Federation, which have eight schools between them, have the go-ahead to unite from the Department for Education and their regional schools commissioner. Phoenix will come under the […]

Sadia tops pool of 200 speakers

Sadia Ahmed has won this year’s Tower Hamlets public speaking competition. The 15-year-old from Swanlea school competed against more than 200 year 10 students from across the east London borough. The competition, now in its 21st year, asked students to speak about one of three questions: should Britain leave the EU? Is technology making us […]

Government accused of delaying report on impact of migration on schools

A “major review” of how mass migration has affected schools will now be rolled into a wider look at inclusion and extremism, prompting fears the issue will be buried in the run-up to the EU referendum. The review, first mooted by Nicky Morgan (pictured) in an interview with The Telegraph a year ago, was due […]

The trusts that run the country’s free schools – revealed

Schools Week today publishes a database that reveals the trusts running every free school in the country. This data has not been available except by searching each school’s website – not always easy – or finding the school’s annual accounts. Financial statements are supposed to be published on websites, but some free schools do not […]

Bellevue Place Education Trust – the free school group you’ve never heard of

Bellevue Place Education Trust (BPET) is the third largest free school owner, with seven primary schools in and around London, writes John Dickens. But it has operated  until recently out of the spotlight shared by some of the other major players such as Ark and Harris. The trust featured in a Sunday Times article this […]

DfE’s new property group exacerbates school land sale fears

Plans to transfer ownership of all school land to the government combined with rumours surrounding a property company set up by the Department for Education (DfE) have sparked fears about a possible future sale of assets. The government’s recent white paper sets out proposals for the transfer of school land currently held and managed by […]

Do PiXL schools have more volatile results?

Schools Week analysed last year’s GCSE results for nearly 600 PiXL schools to try to ascertain whether their scores were more volatile than average. The Ofqual study shows that the more schools shift pupils into different qualifications, the more likely they are to have volatile results. It is well-documented that PiXL advises school members on […]