Schools white paper

Council-run academy trusts get the green light in schools white paper

DfE also to set out new maths and English target for secondary schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

School where girl was strip-searched faces legal action

Lawyers representing Child Q launch civil proceedings against the Metropolitan Police and an unnamed school

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Best-paid trust CEOs’ wages rise fastest, but some rein in pay

The highest-paid have seen bigger pay rises than the rest, with some academy trusts reining in pay even as...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

MPs want more transparency over academy trust bailouts

Influential committee chair warns of 'unacceptable' lack of accountability'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Government Sewell report response: 9 actions for schools

Ministers have responded to the commission on race and ethnic disparities

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Revealed: The winners of RSC advisory board elections

Results were delayed by more than two months, after a mid-election boundary review

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

The head taking on PFI firms over new school ‘riddled’ with leaks

Newman RC College held back funds from PFI firms and threatened legal action against a council over repeated building...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

AET issued government warning over troubled school

Trust told it must show 'capacity to deliver rapid and sustained improvement'

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Academies

Catholic trust pilot in disarray after academy U-turn and pay gaffe

The DfE faces calls to apologise after a legal challenge halted its academisation push with Hallam diocese, whose schools...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger