Fresh calls for MAT inspections after trust gets 3 ‘inadequates’ Ofsted cannot inspect academy trusts despite almost a decade of pressure for new powers
Education director leaves E-ACT as CEO remains suspended Staff told senior leader would be absent ‘for the foreseeable future’
Harris looks set to take over troubled East London Science School Trust and school are well-known for high-profile political connections
Eight become nine as DfE shakes up RSC regions London to get new RSC and other areas redrawn to align regions with rest of government
Let schools quit trusts and create super-regulator to complete academisation, ministers told Ex-adviser also calls for ‘range of new powers’ for councils under fully-academised system
Unions launch legal action against DfE over diocese conversions Unions claim DfE rules have been ‘abused or ignored’ to help the Diocese of Hallam academise all its school
Legal threats and governor revolts: Inside the mass academisation of Catholic schools The Catholic MAT drive boosts the DfE’s flagging academy agenda, and dioceses say schools are reaping rewards – but rapid growth and resistance spell danger
‘Investment area’ schools have £19m of repairs cash cut Shake-up of school condition allocation grants will leave trusts, councils and dioceses tens of millions worse-off
DfE clamps down on loophole allowing fraudsters in classrooms New banning powers would also apply to ex-teachers and those in online schools