Behaviour

Off-rolling curbs welcomed, but warnings over ‘gaps in data’

Ministers plan to tighten up scrutiny of pupil moves - and to interrogate leaders suspected of off-rolling

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools white paper

Clarity sought as trust growth funding ‘absent’ from white paper

Ministers want all schools in trusts, but cut funding for expanding trusts last year

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Grammars shine in ‘unfair’ MAT league tables

Two of the top three-ranked trusts run grammar schools, up from zero last year

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Job cuts loom at trust with £9m deficit

Ministers tighten up their oversight of 25-school chain amid concerns over 'weak financial position' and 'continued' breaches

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
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
Opinion

Mixed-setting trusts are a smart choice, not a messy compromise

By design, mixed-setting trusts dissolve the boundaries between 'mainstream' and 'special'

Freddie Whittaker
Andy Johnson
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
Academies

Star academy trust fell victim to ‘historic fraud’ over several years

MAT with 36 schools says 'all reasonable steps taken' following 'significant financial irregularity'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Struggling trust failed to clear payment to outgoing ‘senior executive’

MAT also did not conduct internal audit as reserves tumbled due to 'rising costs', accounts show

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson