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'

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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

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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'

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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

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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

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Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy transfer market cost £45m under Tories

More than 2,000 academies have been rebrokered since 2013

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Schools Week Reporter
Academies

Academies: No MAT target, but mergers growing

Around one in five trusts which were running schools in 2019 are no longer in operation

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Jack Dyson
Academies

Emergency capital cash handouts soar to £12m after funding squeeze

Funding for urgent work jumps 300% in 12 months, as experts warn figures are 'sign of the times'

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Jack Dyson
Academies

Lack of MAT get-out clause sees strikes, petitions and open letters

Unrest at MATs shows allowing schools to leave trusts would create 'much healthier relationships', claims union rep, but how...

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Jack Dyson