academies | Schools Week

Leora Cruddas, The Confederation of School Trusts

The Confederation of School Trusts leader Leora Cruddas tells how teaching in apartheid-era South Africa forged her determination to improve the lot of all children Leora Cruddas opens our conversation by telling me she hates talking about herself and is nervous about the thought of a profile piece. Such apparent shyness seems misplaced for someone […]

Trust gets notice to improve after school blaze

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

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

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

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

Does Labour have an academies problem?

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

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

Under-fire Brighton trust reviews ‘excessive’ pooling policy

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

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 rolls, Jessica Hill investigates… Seven-year-old Kenzie was the third generation of her family to attend Churchill Gardens Primary School. Her mum, Ellie, went to the school when the headteacher was Bob Brunning, a former Fleetwood Mac […]

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, CST survey finds