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School data security incidents rise in wake of GDPR

The number of data security incidents reported by the education sector rocketed by more than 43 per cent after the introduction of general data protection regulations. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reported a rise in reports of disclosure issues – where sensitive information is inadvertently shared – and cyber-attacks between July and September this […]

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Investigation: The schools that slip through the council finance net

Thousands of council schools have not had their finances independently scrutinised for more than five years – three of which were last audited by their local authority nearly 20 years ago. Schools Week can also reveal that council schools have been breaking rules over tax checks, issuing contracts and unauthorised pay rises for staff. And […]

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Investigation: Are teacher misconduct panels really becoming more lenient?

The proportion of teachers banned from the profession for life has increased, challenging concerns that misconduct panels are becoming more lenient. Earlier this month, a panel decided not to ban Stephen Ivey, who was found to have falsified pupils’ computer science controlled assessments, because he was working in a “shortage subject”. It led to comments […]

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Academies annual accounts 2017: 9 things we’ve learned

The government has today published its annual academies report, covering the 2016-17 year. The report relates to the 2016-17 year, and gives an overview of the finances of England’s academies.   1. Slight rise in trusts paying staff over £100k The accounts show the number of trusts paying at least one person over £100,000 has […]

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Academy trust stands by chair embroiled in police probe

An expanding academy trust is backing its chair despite the government referring his giant private training provider to the police following a second investigation. Peter Marples, a multi-millionaire businessman who co-founded training provider 3aaa in 2008, joined the Spencer Academies Trust in December 2015 as a trustee and became its chair in the 2016-17 academic […]

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Lambeth council remains tight-lipped over Tunstall investigation

Lambeth council has refused to confirm whether it will publish the outcome of an investigation into the former executive headteacher of a federation of south London schools who left his role this summer. Sir Craig Tunstall, formerly England’s best paid primary headteacher on £330,000 a year, was suspended in May last year from the Gipsy […]

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Academy trusts: More than just one bad apple?

A Panorama investigation this week accused the Bright Tribe academy trust of making repeated false claims for building and maintenance grants. Schools Week can now reveal at least two more trusts have misused the same funds, and that academies minister, Lord Agnew, responded to concerns about such misuse by admitting “there will always be bad […]

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9 things we learned from ESFA’s first annual report and accounts

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has published its first annual report and accounts, revealing millions given away in free school sites, investigations into academy trusts and complaints against the agency itself. The agency was formed out of a merger of the Education Funding Agency and the Skills Funding Agency in April last year. Here […]

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Former Montessori charity boss jailed for stealing £180,000

The former head of the UK’s largest Montessori network defrauded the charity of more than £180,000 over the course of seven years. Philip Bujak, the former CEO of the Montessori St Nicholas charity, was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday for misusing a company credit card, filing false invoices and secretly taking a cut […]

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