Academies

Grammars shine in ‘unfair’ MAT league tables

Two of the top three-ranked trusts run grammar schools, up from zero last year

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Job cuts loom at trust with £9m deficit

Ministers tighten up their oversight of 25-school chain amid concerns over 'weak financial position' and 'continued' breaches

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Heads ‘on trial’: 8 findings from first RISE evaluation

But report concludes the initial rollout of Labour's school improvement scheme has been a 'success'

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Jack Dyson
Academies

CEO of trust with £8.4m deficit resigns after leave of absence

Richard Gill leaves his role at the head of the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership

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Jack Dyson
Movers and Shakers

GLF names new CEO after Drinkall departure

The 43-school MAT is set to be run by former principal private secretary to three education secretaries

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Jack Dyson
Schools

School nurseries lack staff and space for extra care, report finds

The government has promised £400 million towards 'tens of thousands of places' in school-based nurseries

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Academies

Star academy trust fell victim to ‘historic fraud’ over several years

MAT with 36 schools says 'all reasonable steps taken' following 'significant financial irregularity'

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Jack Dyson
News

Secret £1m bailout as PFI windfalls and school woes grow

'Confidential' deal to cover £1m 'bullet payment' revealed as figures suggest PFI firms could have made £86m in one...

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Jack Dyson
Inclusion

Piloted in-school SEND support ‘cut exclusions’ – report

Standardised EHCPs also welcomed by parents and councils, researchers find

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Jack Dyson