Schools

Christine Stansfield, chief executive, Mowbray Education Trust

Christine Stansfield tells me she was on the verge of pulling out of this interview because she feared she...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Academies

Sheffield parents fight academy order as transparency rows reignited

DfE wants to transfer King Edward VII School to the Brigantia Learning Trust

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Ofsted praises MAT’s ‘life-changing improvements’ after damning report

Northern Education Trust becomes first MAT for seven years to have a second Ofsted summary evaluation

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Trust to give up ‘coasting’ schools as first intervention published

Government had concerns over Eastern MAT's 'capacity to deliver rapid and sustained improvements' given its Ofsted 'track record' this...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

DfE plots academy trust expansions and mergers across England

New 'trust development statements' reveal ministers' plan to shake up school structures across England

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Van Gogh out of Durand’s shadow with ‘good’ Ofsted

Lambeth primary school praised as 'warm and nurturing' over six years after its predecessor school was rated 'inadequate'

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Academies

Ministers boost academy trust expansion cash

DfE sets out criteria for its latest trust capacity funding round

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Ministers target groups of failing academies in regulation crackdown

Review pledges to explore 'greater use' of intervention powers to tackle underperformance in academy trusts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Academy regulation review: What schools need to know

The review was launched in June last year to 'future proof' the role of academy trusts

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth