PFI

Secret £1m bailout as PFI windfalls and school woes grow

‘Confidential’ deal to cover £1m ‘bullet payment’ revealed as figures suggest PFI firms could have made £86m in one…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

MPs and Lords face off over trust admissions and phone bans

Shadow education secretary says Lords amendments would ‘restore some common sense’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

CEO of trust with £8.4m deficit resigns after leave of absence

Richard Gill leaves his role at the head of the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

Recruiter: Hire us and get EHCP applications done free

Concerns over ‘troubling commodification of statutory SEND processes at a time when schools are already overwhelmed’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

School nurseries lack staff and space for extra care, report finds

The government has promised £400 million towards ‘tens of thousands of places’ in school-based nurseries

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Exclusions

We don’t use suspensions too much, say most school staff

Staff views appear at odds with government as it looks to keep more suspended pupils in school

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas


Movers and Shakers

GLF names new CEO after Drinkall departure

The 43-school MAT is set to be run by former principal private secretary to three education secretaries

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

Revealed: DfE’s orders to councils as SEND reforms quietly begin

Whitehall tells councils not to wait for the white paper or further information on deficits to get started

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted plans closer monitoring of impact on heads’ wellbeing

Deal with headteachers will broaden new framework feedback and establish union-led ‘independent advisory group’ to scrutinise data

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

‘Don’t pop champagne yet’ warn accountants as trusts’ fortunes improve

Kreston group warns despite improving academy trust finances, most expect to dip into savings by 2028

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Government to ‘update’ collective worship guidance for England’s schools

Move comes after the Supreme Court ruled the delivery of religious education in Northern Ireland schools was unlawful

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Coast and Vale paid Delta £440k ahead of merger

The sum was handed over for ‘extensive work’ before trusts joined forces to create 63-school trust

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson