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Movers and shakers: Johanna Klinsky, Jen Barker, Fay MacRitchie, Paul Jones

A leader who turned down a brush with fame and an owner rock memorabilia are among those starting new jobs

Turnaround trusts say tide turning on recruiting converters

Wealth of lesson plans, specialist teaching teams and career paths helping to convince ‘good’ schools into turnarounds, CEOs say

Academise so LAs can’t close you, diocese tells schools

Leaked papers show ‘key reason’ for diocese’s plans was to move school decisions away from councils

Barran wants more ‘good’ schools to join turnaround trusts

But academies minister reveals ‘real challenge’ of changing the ‘joining a MAT is punishment’ narrative

Nearly half of trusts raid their reserves to meet rising costs

Doubling in trusts reporting in-year deficits as auditors warn MATs ‘only one bad year from financial difficulties’

Highest-earning academy chief’s annual pay nears £500k

Harris Federation chief Sir Dan Moynihan’s salary has risen at least 6 per cent

Catholic heads seek legal advice over diocese academy plan

Schools band together to consult KC and commission due diligence on trust as bishop unveils plans

Nicole McCartney, Creative Education Trust

Nicole McCartney is a rare species: someone with lived experience of being permanently excluded from school who has gone on to reach senior heights in the education world. As director of education at Creative Education Trust (CET), she tells her heads to see the challenges some pupils face at home as giving them “superpowers”, and […]

Closing academy trust exposes ‘vulnerability’ of primary schools

The Diocese of Bristol Academies Trust will hand over its schools after being stripped of its only secondary