Academies

Trust gets notice to improve after school blaze

MAT slapped with notice over insurance issue that emerged after massive fire

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy trust given ‘exceptional’ financial help over £6m deficit

Arthur Terry Learning Partnership blames economic landscape for its failure to balance budgets

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Biggest academy trust merger ever as diocese eyes new mega MATs

Diocese plans to move its 236 schools into five trusts, including one chain that will become second-largest in England

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Does Labour have an academies problem?

DfE officials mull letting councils open schools again as they tackle two-tier system

John Dickens
John Dickens
Falling rolls

Falling rolls crisis hits LA schools hardest, study finds

NFER also found that schools with lower Ofsted ratings saw larger drops in primary pupil numbers

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Academies

Under-fire Brighton trust reviews ‘excessive’ pooling policy

MAT launches 'comprehensive review' of financial plans and funding model after strikes over GAG pooling

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Falling rolls

The true cost of falling rolls

A declining child population is sparking community fallouts, job cuts and closures as schools struggle to adapt to falling...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Academies

Trusts look to grow to weather falling rolls storm, survey suggests

One in seven CEOs eye retirement as 45% of trusts expect to grow and dip into reserves this year,...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Conflict questions as Labour moves to single regulator

Former official claims closing ESFA 'bad news for transparency and fairness', but others welcome the change

Jack Dyson
Freddie Whittaker