Academies

DfE quietly ditches pledge to publish academy scandal investigations

Department has shifted to publishing 'a summary of the outcomes of an investigation'

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

Bigger trusts wanted to ignore small schools, says regional chief

DfE regions group 'pushed back' against obstinate CEOs to make sure small schools were 'looked after'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

The Lilac Sky files: CEO accused of paying own firms after standing down

Schools Week can reveal the bombshell allegations behind a decision to ban Trevor Averre-Beeson from managing schools

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

Funding cut may force trusts to scrap expansion plans

Warning made as trusts left up to £100,000 out of pocket after government scrapped capacity funding

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Coping with crisis

Scarred by Grenfell but finding strength in adversity

Principal Anna Jordan says her pupils draw from values of fearlessness despite the 2017 tragedy overshadowing her school Kensington...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Ofsted

MAT CEOs ‘making inspections more adversarial’, Ofsted boss says

Ofsted chief makes plea to sector to stop inspections ‘running hot and bring the temperature down’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Academies

Phillipson ‘open’ to academies returning to council oversight

Education secretary also considering plans for LAs to open new schools again

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Academy freedoms? ‘I’ve never seen teachers more enslaved’ says school standards tsar

Sir Kevan Collins warns of a 'narrow compliance culture' in some schools

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Regions group

Intervention model for regional improvement teams revealed

New teams will RAG rate schools for support, draw up 'local area priorities' and use councils for help

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson