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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Academy CEOs could face local council ‘scrutiny boards’

Councils could soon have scrutiny powers over academies similar to those they already have for health bodies as the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Floreat’s financial woes flag small trust concerns

Financial difficulties that have forced an academy chain founded by one of the government’s education advisers to consider a...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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SPTA academy trust ‘rebrands’ to Delta Academies Trust

One of England’s largest academy chains is changing its name as part of a major rebrand to make a...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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EXCLUSIVE: Labour admits ‘no policy’ on academies

Labour does not have a policy on the future of the academies programme, a member of the party’s frontbench...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker