Schools Bill

Where is Starmer’s school improvement ‘vision’?

PM is drawn into row over schools bill as leaders urge Labour to set out a clear standards 'narrative'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Brighton trust to close after ‘GAG pooling’ controversy

MAT at centre of first 'GAG pooling' strikes will transfer schools to other trusts

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools Bill

Academy reforms ‘open door to more Catholic schools’

Campaigners fear lifting rule requiring all new schools to be academies will allow more voluntary aided settings that select...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

CEOs of big trusts ‘escape scrutiny’ under government’s ‘outlier’ pay crackdown

Method used by government for trust pay checks appears to be loaded against smaller trusts

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Politics

Children’s wellbeing and schools bill: Committee calls for evidence

Intense lobbying expected as bill seeks to curtail academy freedoms

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

MPs demand answers over academy probe transparency rowback

Public accounts committee 'concerned' decision to publish investigation summaries 'hinders transparency'

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

Labour’s ‘act of vandalism’ bill risks pay cuts for 20k teachers, claim Tories

Critics of Labour's academy freedom reforms pile in as schools bill set to be debated by MPs

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Loss of academy freedoms could harm improvement of toughest schools – CST boss

Leora Cruddas also says government 'must help us put a stop to all attempts by those who seek to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Children’s wellbeing bill to enact sweeping academies reform

Draft law would let councils open schools again, end automatic academisation of failing settings and make academies follow national...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker