White paper: DfE reveals the ‘coasting’ schools facing intervention Ministers will prioritise schools in investment areas and with ‘long-term underperformance’
Revealed: The winners of RSC advisory board elections Results were delayed by more than two months, after a mid-election boundary review
Catholic trust pilot in disarray after academy U-turn and pay gaffe The DfE faces calls to apologise after a legal challenge halted its academisation push with Hallam diocese, whose schools also saw funding delayed
Council pulls ‘unviable’ support services after academy rise Changes were in part ‘driven by the conversion of maintained schools to academies’
DfE cancels 19 academy orders after legal challenge Ministers U-turn after signing off academy orders for Catholic Hallam diocese schools without governor approval
Catholic turnaround trust eyes coasting or cash-strapped schools Such new trusts could help the DfE fix low Christian academisation rates and the chronic problem of schools strugging to find sponsors
DfE ‘pauses’ diocese academy drive after legal challenge Unions have challenged the DfE’s decision to approve Catholic Diocese of Hallam conversions before governing bodies had voted
Unions launch legal action against DfE over diocese conversions Unions claim DfE rules have been ‘abused or ignored’ to help the Diocese of Hallam academise all its school
Legal threats and governor revolts: Inside the mass academisation of Catholic schools The Catholic MAT drive boosts the DfE’s flagging academy agenda, and dioceses say schools are reaping rewards – but rapid growth and resistance spell danger