Academies

Lilac Sky scandal: £3m of ‘contentious, irregular or improper’ payments revealed

Government investigation 'outcome' report comes eight years after intervention, but contains just three pages and few details

John Dickens
John Dickens
Support staff

New law mustn’t rule CEOs are ‘support staff’, DfE told

The organisation representing academies in England wants central teams to be excluded from the bill's definition of support staff

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Academies

Revealed: The 125 leaders in the running for CST policy group

The elected group will draw on leaders from across England and give feedback on policy issues facing academies

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Leora Cruddas, The Confederation of School Trusts

The Confederation of School Trusts leader Leora Cruddas tells how teaching in apartheid-era South Africa forged her determination to...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Academies

Trust gets notice to improve after school blaze

MAT slapped with notice over insurance issue that emerged after massive fire

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy trust given ‘exceptional’ financial help over £6m deficit

Arthur Terry Learning Partnership blames economic landscape for its failure to balance budgets

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Biggest academy trust merger ever as diocese eyes new mega MATs

Diocese plans to move its 236 schools into five trusts, including one chain that will become second-largest in England

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Does Labour have an academies problem?

DfE officials mull letting councils open schools again as they tackle two-tier system

John Dickens
John Dickens
Falling rolls

Falling rolls crisis hits LA schools hardest, study finds

NFER also found that schools with lower Ofsted ratings saw larger drops in primary pupil numbers

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey