Features

Tuesday Humby, principal, Ormiston Chadwick academy

Never in a month of Tuesdays did I think Bankfield, a comprehensive in my home town and well-known as...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Why councils should check up on academies

There is an accountability gap in the new education landscape that council scrutiny committees could help to fill, just...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

New Aldridge Education trust ditches struggling academy

A cash-strapped school has been ditched by the new academy trust founded by its sponsor, leaving the government to...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

DfE to open up academy finances in transparency drive

The government is set to lift a veil of secrecy over academy spending in a transparency drive that will...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Academy sponsors owe £13m in pledged funding

Nearly £13 million in pledged capital funding is still owed to the government by eight academy sponsors, with two...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

David Carter: The weakest academies will be supported not ‘shamed’

The country’s 100 weakest academies will be singled out for increased government scrutiny from January as the schools commissioner...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Durand Academy Trust funding to be terminated

The government has announced it will proceed with the termination of Durand Academy Trust’s funding agreement after the chain refused to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Durand: We will fight any slur on Sir Greg Martin’s good name

An academy trust set to have its funding axed by the government has hit back – blasting department officials...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

REAch 2 director joins struggling chain

A regional director of the country’s largest primary-only trust has joined the board of a struggling chain. Simon Wood,...

John Dickens
John Dickens