Councils snub alternative funding to press on with special schools Local authorities were offered the choice of continuing with projects or taking cash to boost places elsewhere
Schools with good governance ‘better prepared for Ofsted’ Those with effective boards ‘more likely to sustain improvement beyond the inspection cycle’, report finds
Community health hubs could use empty classrooms LocatED chief ‘seriously worried’ closures due to demographic shifts could undo the work of the free schools programme
DfE schools boss gets new job as white paper looms Director general for schools will continue to play a ‘pivotal role’ in reforms before moving to the Cabinet Office
Dr Jenny Blunden, CEO, Truro and Penwith Academy Trust When Dr Jenny Blunden took charge at her Cornish trust, its three schools were ‘broken’. But in a fight against low aspirations, the CEO has added successful schools and continues to battle for them as budgets remain squeezed
Suspensions tumble as trust embraces ‘emotional intelligence’ Influential turnaround trust criticised for high suspensions bidding to cut exclusions and ‘keep children in school’
Call for ministers to settle debate over make-up of MATs Debate comes as huge trust gives up two special schools and another says some are ‘impossible’ to take on
Impact of RISE teams to be published this year But government will publish individual adviser objectives amid data protection concerns
Lift academy trust set to hand over two special schools The 58-school MAT believes both academies will be ‘best supported within a specialist trust’