Academies

Under-fire Brighton trust reviews ‘excessive’ pooling policy

MAT launches 'comprehensive review' of financial plans and funding model after strikes over GAG pooling

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
DfE

DfE worried about board ‘diversity’ over Collins appointment

Unearthed emails reveal civil servants' concerns non-exec board was 'all white men of a similar age'

Jack Dyson
Freddie Whittaker
Management information systems

Major academy trust settles three-year MIS legal battle

Bromcom filed a High Court claim against Lift Schools after missing out on a £2m deal to supply its...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Trusts want governance split from Ofsted leadership judgments

Trusts fear system has masked 'weak governance' and call for Labour to u-turn on safeguarding inspections

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Curriculum review

‘If we put things in we have to take things out’, says curriculum review chair

Professor Becky Francis acknowledges complaints of a 'very overstuffed curriculum'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Solutions

Could ‘teacher in residence’ secondments help attract ‘gen Z’?

Study finds those entering the workforce today don't want 'linear' careers and crave a good work-life balance

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Trusts look to grow to weather falling rolls storm, survey suggests

One in seven CEOs eye retirement as 45% of trusts expect to grow and dip into reserves this year,...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Conflict questions as Labour moves to single regulator

Former official claims closing ESFA 'bad news for transparency and fairness', but others welcome the change

Jack Dyson
Freddie Whittaker
Music

£6m music pilot launched for disadvantaged children

Cash injection expected to help charity 'supercharge' existing music programme

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson