Academies

New powers to close academy trusts ‘must be used with caution’

Sector responds to news government is set to gain new intervention powers once MAT inspections start

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Trust inspections and new intervention powers: What we know so far

Ofsted to inspect academy trusts for the first time and DfE plans sweeping intervention powers

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted MAT inspections could begin in 2027

New legislation will also give DfE new intervention powers to 'step in' when trusts don't meet standards

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Opinion

Intentional design: What stewardship of the school system really demands

A mature school system should allow for specialisation without stigma and for divestment without failure narratives, writes Becks Boomer-Clark

Freddie Whittaker
Becks Boomer-Clark
Academies

Lift academy trust set to hand over two special schools

The 58-school MAT believes both academies will be 'best supported within a specialist trust'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Movers and Shakers

David Ross academy trust names new CEO

Interim boss Simon Rose takes over the reins after the trust was forced into CEO rethink

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Andrew Truby, CEO, St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust

When Andrew Truby took leadership of a Catholic trust, he was on his own and had no schools. He...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Questions for Ofsted over Mossbourne behaviour review

Sector leaders also call the probe a 'wake-up call' for the government over the use of strict behaviour policies

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Free schools

‘Nightmare before Christmas’: 46 free school projects scrapped and 59 special schools in limbo

DfE to divert cash to councils to create places instead as leaders question decision to can 'ready to go'...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and with Lydia Chantler-Hicks, Jack Dyson, Ruth Lucas