Solutions

Trusts target sixth formers in recruitment drive

Schools turn to homegrown talent in the face of severe teacher shortages and difficulties spending apprenticeship levy funding

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Education policy

School improvement teams ‘will offer support to all’

New regional teams pledged in Labour manifesto will be rolled out from early 2025

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academies Enterprise Trust rebrands as Lift Schools

Move will match trust's 'grown ambitions', boss says

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Trust ditches job titles like CEO to ‘avoid top-down control’

Dixons will instead have more than 20 staff called 'school and college trust leaders'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Attendance

Absence gap for vulnerable children rises

Concerning analysis reveals most vulnerable pupils miss up to 4.4 more days of school than their peers

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Council loses court fight over falling rolls academy plan

High Court decision to throw out academisation decision means LA will 'have to close high-performing school instead'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy trusts face improvement notices for ‘unsafe’ buildings

Academy trust handbook update also includes pause on electric car schemes and finance lease changes

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
ESFA

ESFA annual report and accounts: 8 things we learned

£4.5m academy write-offs, risks of 'errors' and bumper £107k 'exit package' payout

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy transfer market cost £45m under Tories

More than 2,000 academies have been rebrokered since 2013

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter