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Academy trust founded by Tory peer to close

A troubled academy trust founded by a Conservative peer will close in September – with its two remaining schools...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Former CEO taking legal action against trust that ‘forced’ his resignation

A leading headteacher is pursuing legal action after he claims he was “forced to resign” as chief executive of...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Scaled scores for 2019 key stage 1 SATs published

The number of marks pupils needed in their key stage 1 tests to achieve the government’s “expected” score has...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Funding axe threat for academies that ignore the Baker clause

Academies could have their funding axed if they fail to comply with the controversial Baker clause. The clause, introduced...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Don’t create monopolies of ‘mega-MATs’, government warned

The government has been warned against establishing “monopolies” of mega-MATS as new figures show almost 200 trusts have been...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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David Ross Education Trust given 4 Ofsted visits to improve academy

The David Ross Education Trust has been told it has four Ofsted visits to improve a failing academy or...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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‘It’s time for these protests to stop’ – Hinds weighs in on Anderton Park LGBT education row

It is time for protests against teaching about LGBT relationships in schools to “stop”, the education secretary has said....

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Withdrawing funding from the IB will be a ‘tragedy’ for social mobility, heads warn

Headteachers say that government proposals to end funding for post-16 International Baccalaureate programmes would be a “tragedy” for social...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Academy trust top-sliced £376k from school with £1m deficit

Unions have called for greater scrutiny over top-slicing after an academy trust charged £376,000 to a school that was...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross