Trusts target sixth formers in recruitment drive Schools turn to homegrown talent in the face of severe teacher shortages and difficulties spending apprenticeship levy funding
School improvement teams ‘will offer support to all’ New regional teams pledged in Labour manifesto will be rolled out from early 2025
Academies Enterprise Trust rebrands as Lift Schools Move will match trust’s ‘grown ambitions’, boss says
Trust ditches job titles like CEO to ‘avoid top-down control’ Dixons will instead have more than 20 staff called ‘school and college trust leaders’
Absence gap for vulnerable children rises Concerning analysis reveals most vulnerable pupils miss up to 4.4 more days of school than their peers
Council loses court fight over falling rolls academy plan High Court decision to throw out academisation decision means LA will ‘have to close high-performing school instead’
Academy trusts face improvement notices for ‘unsafe’ buildings Academy trust handbook update also includes pause on electric car schemes and finance lease changes
ESFA annual report and accounts: 8 things we learned £4.5m academy write-offs, risks of ‘errors’ and bumper £107k ‘exit package’ payout
Academy transfer market cost £45m under Tories More than 2,000 academies have been rebrokered since 2013