Ofsted

School inspections don’t hold MATs ‘sufficiently accountable’, says Ofsted

New report says inspections also don’t allow trusts to get credit, despite their growing influence over schools' quality of...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Academies

DfE fleshes out new academy trust quality descriptors

Government hopes guidance 'represents clear and ambitious vision for sector'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

School that overturned academy order will join a trust

Yew Tree Primary won a judicial review against forced academisation in 2021, costing tens of thousands of pounds

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Academies

Tom Rees named as new CEO of Ormiston Academies Trust

Former headteacher and Ambition Institute director announced as new MAT boss

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy trusts drive suspensions in areas DfE wants them to cut rates

Findings spark calls for government to rethink 'naïve' trust development statements

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Christine Stansfield, chief executive, Mowbray Education Trust

Christine Stansfield tells me she was on the verge of pulling out of this interview because she feared she...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Academies

Sheffield parents fight academy order as transparency rows reignited

DfE wants to transfer King Edward VII School to the Brigantia Learning Trust

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Ofsted praises MAT’s ‘life-changing improvements’ after damning report

Northern Education Trust becomes first MAT for seven years to have a second Ofsted summary evaluation

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Trust to give up ‘coasting’ schools as first intervention published

Government had concerns over Eastern MAT's 'capacity to deliver rapid and sustained improvements' given its Ofsted 'track record' this...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson