Covid building shortages and price hikes delay school opening Lyde Green families were left scrambling for places, as soaring construction demand worldwide pushes up material costs and lead times
MATs gain schools and record cash boost amid Covid Academies boasted record levels of spare cash and continued to expand amid the pandemic, Kreston’s annual benchmarking report shows
Schools must publish improvement plans in absence crackdown The DfE is consulting on more prescriptive absence rules, ordering schools to be ‘proactive’ and councils to use their ‘full range of legal powers’
How schools can reverse Gypsy and Roma under-achievement MPs are investigating why Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children have the worst exclusion and attainment rates
‘Discrimination’: Small trusts denied two-thirds of repairs cash One school has seen six bids to replace a dilapidated classroom rejected, sparking claims rural schools are at a disadvantage
Academy avoids rebrokering threat until third ‘inadequate’ rating The leeway given to Nuneaton Academy raised eyebrows, with other academies and maintained schools facing swifter intervention
Falcon academy trust set to spread its wings Trust set up to take on challenging schools is going national
All schools and trusts offered improvement help to tackle Covid woes The trust and school improvement offer, including support from NLEs, is no longer limited to RI schools
Diocese academy conversions get go-ahead without governor approval Union claims academy orders came as a shock to some governors and heads