Academies

‘Carrying the responsibility of a trust is a 24-hour-a-day role’

Diversity, deprivation and tackling parents’ abuse of home education – Sian Hampton tells Jack Dyson about a life that...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy broke rules over head’s Botox and aromatherapy courses

Trust issued warning notice after probe found payments for 'luxury' hotel stays and 'excessive spending' on gifts, documents state

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Solutions

Trust’s ‘FOMO Fridays’ help boost end-of-week attendance

Attendance boosted after initiatives aimed at making pupils feel they 'belong' and 'want to be in school' on Fridays

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Movers and Shakers

David Ross trust CEO steps down

36-school MAT launches search for successor with chief executive due to leave in Autumn

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Movers and Shakers

Turnaround CEO to leave role for new global education firm

Northern Education Trust boss Rob Tarn will leave for new school management company launched by GEMS Education

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Free school gets £500k government bailout after wage increase

Private school-turned-academy hit with budget problems after increasing support staff pay to national rates

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Pay and curriculum freedom reforms won’t affect us, say most CEOs

Survey findings seem to challenge narrative around Labour’s reforms - but few bosses are actually positive about changes, with...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Accountability

Who are the ‘stuck’ schools in line for £100k support?

Most are already academies, and a third won't be eligible because of recent 'structural change'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

DfE abandons plan to scrap free school faith admissions cap

The previous Conservative government consulted on the proposals last year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker