CEOs of big trusts ‘escape scrutiny’ under government’s ‘outlier’ pay crackdown Method used by government for trust pay checks appears to be loaded against smaller trusts
Children’s wellbeing and schools bill: Committee calls for evidence Intense lobbying expected as bill seeks to curtail academy freedoms
MPs demand answers over academy probe transparency rowback Public accounts committee ‘concerned’ decision to publish investigation summaries ‘hinders transparency’
Labour’s ‘act of vandalism’ bill risks pay cuts for 20k teachers, claim Tories Critics of Labour’s academy freedom reforms pile in as schools bill set to be debated by MPs
Loss of academy freedoms could harm improvement of toughest schools – CST boss Leora Cruddas also says government ‘must help us put a stop to all attempts by those who seek to undermine academy trusts’
Children’s wellbeing bill to enact sweeping academies reform Draft law would let councils open schools again, end automatic academisation of failing settings and make academies follow national teacher pay scales, says DfE
Brighton academy trust ditches controversial 20% GAG-pool Trust rocked by strikes ‘committed to ending’ GAG pooling policy, as it opts to top-slice instead
Academy trusts offer schools £25k ‘golden hellos’ as DfE grant dropped The government will scrap grants to aid schools convert to academy status in the new year
Don’t rush to create biblical MATs, Catholic dioceses told All but one of the 19 English Catholic dioceses are pursuing trust growth plans