Schools

Law change eases way for church schools to academise

The government has revived a law change from its scrapped schools bill, removing a 'significant barrier' to the academisation...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Archdiocese ‘ruling by diktat’ as schools told to academise by 2023

The Archbishop of Birmingham has said academisation is an "essential" reform to protect Catholic education

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

40% of faith schools favour religious children of any denomination

Nearly half of England’s secondary faith schools prioritise religious families – of any denomination – over the non-religious, according...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Church of England prepares for closure of village schools

The Church of England may have to close some of its small rural schools as problems with funding, teacher...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Church of England sidesteps government rules over multi-academy trust control

The Church of England is to gain overall control of a new multi-academy trust, even though nine of the...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg