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
News

‘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
Academies

Success of top academy achieved ‘at too high a cost for some pupils’

Review details 'isolating, shaming' practices at Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Inclusion

School spotlight: ‘Internal AP can work – here’s how we do it’

Can internal AP help schools avoid exclusions? One school believes its approach shows what’s possible

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School funding

Revealed: The council schools with million pound budget deficits

Some maintained schools' deficits dwarf those of multi academy trusts, and even face interest payments. Inside the hidden world...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson