Academies

The teachers with a 24-hour commute

Major trust partners with tropical island's only secondary to send staff on 'once-in-a-lifetime' secondment

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Jack Dyson
Academies

David Ross trust braced for redundancies amid falling rolls

Cuts loom at 36-school MAT after central team review failed to address funding reductions

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Jack Dyson
School funding

More strikes ‘inevitable’ as trusts axe jobs to stay afloat

Dozens of schools rocked by strike announcements over planned restructures dubbed 'neither fair nor sustainable'

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Jack Dyson
Academies

109 schools leaves United Learning ‘spread thin’, says former academies minister

England's biggest trust this week unveiled proposals to merge with south west chain Authentic Education

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Jack Dyson
Movers and Shakers

More DfE change as new regional director revealed

Nigel Minns's arrival in the department makes it four changes to regional groups within the last year

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Jack Dyson
Academies

Revealed: First MAT set to surpass 100 schools with merger

United Learning's proposal to merge with another trust would take its academy tally into three figures

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Jack Dyson
Academies

End of advisory boards leaves civil servants with ‘monopoly on wisdom’

Ministers axe regional director meetings as analysis shows some 'have essentially ceased to exist'

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School improvement

Trust bosses to lead DfE KS3 alliance

MAT chiefs selected to spearhead Labour's bid to make pupils' transition into secondary less 'challenging'

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Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy trust to make big cuts after falling £500k into the red

MAT plans curriculum and staffing 'remodelling' and reductions to central support as it eyes savings over £3m

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Jack Dyson