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Oak National Academy will allow commercial use of its lessons

Move allows schools to adapt resources and share outside their organisation, but U-turn on geo-restriction plans

Wesley Davies, CEO, The Two Counties Trust

Most MAT chiefs are lucky if they get to open one free school in their lifetime. Wesley Davies has opened three, all of which are now rated ‘outstanding’. Davies spent the first 20 years of his career at Dixons Academies Trust, where he got first-hand experience of the emergence of the modern MAT system. As […]

‘Wake-up call’ as primary pupils struggle with maths post-Covid

Younger children still weeks behind pre-lockdown norms, showing PM faces ‘many obstacles’ in maths to 18 ambition

Exam appeals plummet in wake of grading fiasco

The number of appeals against GCSE and A-level grades was 23% lower last year than in pre-pandemic 2019

Up to 2,000 schools sought for air quality monitoring project

Free monitors rollout follows calls for monitoring in public spaces by the chief medical officer

Christine Stansfield, chief executive, Mowbray Education Trust

Christine Stansfield tells me she was on the verge of pulling out of this interview because she feared she might “say something stupid”. It is symbolic of her leadership style that she is upfront about it, and about how important it is for her school leaders to “let go” of their egos and embrace “heartfelt […]

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Oak National Academy will allow commercial use of its lessons

Wesley Davies, CEO, The Two Counties Trust

‘Wake-up call’ as primary pupils struggle with maths post-Covid

Exam appeals plummet in wake of grading fiasco

Up to 2,000 schools sought for air quality monitoring project

Christine Stansfield, chief executive, Mowbray Education Trust

Home education soars in the wake of the pandemic

Oak founders abandon national academy

‘I can’t afford to strike, but I can’t afford to carry on like it is’