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Baverstock Academy fraud inquiry closed

The police have ended their investigation into alleged fraud at Birmingham’s Baverstock Academy. West Midlands Police said today that a man arrested on suspicion of fraud and two other people questioned in relation will face no further action. The investigation was launched in April this year, just weeks after the government announced the school was to […]

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Former head guilty of £100,000 fraud and having sex in school

A former academy headteacher who defrauded his school of £100,000, had sex in his office and drank alcohol in school, has pleaded guilty to fraud and misconduct in public office. Sawtry Village Academy in Cambridgeshire has spoken out for the first time about the crimes of its former principal James Stewart, and its ex-vice-principal Alan […]

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Over 90% of investigations into academy finances are a result of whistleblowers

Almost every investigation into academy trusts by the Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) over the past four years has been prompted by a whistleblower. Fourteen of 15 published investigation reports into trusts since 2013 were launched because of the flagging up of financial irregularity or fraud, a Freedom of Information response has revealed. Unions have […]

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Police arrests over stolen maths A-level exam papers

Police have arrested two men in connection with an investigation into a stolen Maths A-level exam paper offered for sale online. Detectives from the Met police launched an investigation after being informed by exam board Pearson on Friday that an exam paper for its Edexcel C4 A-level maths was being sold online. A Met police […]

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Hackers steal Edmodo users’ details

Personal details belonging to millions of teachers, pupils and parents who use Edmodo, the ‘Facebook for schools’ application, are reportedly on sale on the dark web. A hacker reportedly stole millions of account details from the education platform, which has more than 77 million users – more than 2 million of them in the UK […]

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Schools told to develop ‘hack plan’ to avoid NHS cyber attack

Stringent “hack plans” must be developed by schools in the light of a global cyberattack that brought much of the NHS’s computer system to its knees last Friday. Security experts say teachers should not open links or attachments on laptops or phones connected to a school’s network in case the message is a fraud. Ken […]

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Country’s best-paid primary head Sir Craig Tunstall suspended

The country’s best-paid primary headteacher has been suspended from his post as executive headteacher of the Gipsy Hill Federation of schools in Lambeth. Sir Craig Tunstall, awarded a knighthood for his services to education in 2014, was paid £330,394 last year – making him one of the country’s best-paid school leaders. The federation runs eight […]

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Thousands of examiners’ personal details stolen in AQA cyber-attack

Tens of thousands of examiners have had their personal details hacked after the exam board AQA was victim to a cyber-attack. Data relating to 64,000 current and former examiners stored on some of AQA’s online systems has been stolen by attackers, including examiners’ name, address, personal phone numbers, and passwords. However the board stressed the […]

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Police launch fraud inquiry at Baverstock Academy

Police are investigating an alleged fraud at a Birmingham school set to close later this year after falling into financial ruin, it has emerged. A 48-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of fraud, with another man and woman interviewed, in connection with the police inquiry at Baverstock Academy. News of the investigation, reported by […]

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