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The rebel CEO with a community cause

Wayne Norrie is a MAT chief determined to always put children’s needs first, even if that means clashing with others … Wayne Norrie says he’s not accountable to the Department for Education or Ofsted. The chief executive of Greenwood Academies Trust (GAT) says he’s only accountable to the parents and children of his 37 schools, […]

Academy commissioner costs soar by 40% after restructure

Teams now cost more than £3,000 for each of England’s academies

Big MATs have highest teacher turnover, EPI finds

Large trusts have highest levels of teacher turnover and are better-off, report reveals

Sir Paul Marshall steps down from Ark Schools board

Media mogul was accused of liking and sharing far-right extremist posts and conspiracy theories on social media

Looking to the Future after online harassment

Lawrence Foley went from school refuser to doctor in modernist literature – but his career almost came to a crashing halt after a vicious online campaign Foley was sitting in a park with his wife Sonia when his phone rang. It was the Metropolitan Police. A social media campaign, accusing Foley of being a racist […]

Lack of ‘capacity-givers’ forces small academy trust into merger

Coast and Vale Learning Trust was told by the DfE it would not be allowed to take on any more schools in deficit

Academy trusts: From growing pains to gains

As more leaders consider growth, what do we know about how to do this well?

GAG pooling transparency calls as trust takes 20% from schools

‘Schools within the trust are having significant amounts of income retained centrally’

Dan Thomas, chief executive, TLP

Dan Thomas, now chief executive of The Learning Partnership trust, was once prompted by a fortune cookie to ‘take the opportunity when it comes’. He has, and provided opportunities to thousands of youngsters ever since. When Dan Thomas, chief executive of the newly formed The Learning Partnership (TLP) trust, suggested posing for our photoshoot next […]