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
Academy trust merger decision due (despite CEO already running the other chain) Delta boss Paul Tarn took over Coast and Vale Learning Trust as chief executive in April
Lilac Sky: 8 years, 2 banned heads, £3m ‘improper’ spending – but no report The government had promised for years to publish its investigation report into a scandal-hit trust
DfE quietly ditches pledge to publish academy scandal investigations Department has shifted to publishing ‘a summary of the outcomes of an investigation’