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Bigger trusts wanted to ignore small schools, says regional chief

DfE regions group ‘pushed back’ against obstinate CEOs to make sure small schools were ‘looked after’

‘Build up’ school scheme shelved (but £180k spent)

Ambitious project earmarked for London school on hiatus due to planning requirements and market conditions

Carol Dewhurst, chief executive and Tessa Mason, chair, Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust

The chair and chief executive of Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust learnt about the importance of the CEO-chair relationship when they worked on academisation for the Department for Education. Seven years into their partnership, the former DfE advisers reveal their lessons along the way Carol Dewhurst, chief executive, and Tessa Mason, chair, of the Bradford Diocesan […]

DfE cancels 19 academy orders after legal challenge

Ministers U-turn after signing off academy orders for Catholic Hallam diocese schools without governor approval

Unions launch legal action against DfE over diocese conversions

Unions claim DfE rules have been ‘abused or ignored’ to help the Diocese of Hallam academise all its school

Campaigners plot judicial review over closure of abandoned church school

Staff and parents at a Church school rejected by the local diocese will seek a judicial review of a decision to close it down. Surrey County Council has ruled that Ripley Church of England Primary School must close, after local CofE academy chain The Good Shepherd Trust, established by the Guildford Diocesan Board of Education, refused […]