Struggling trust failed to clear payment to outgoing ‘senior executive’ MAT also did not conduct internal audit as reserves tumbled due to ‘rising costs’, accounts show
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
‘Universal RISE’: How will the DfE’s school improvement scheme work? DfE writes to schools with the lowest attainment rates urging them to engage with optional programme
Schools face £47.5m free school meals expansion shortfall Leaders say government’s plan to increase funding by 5p per meal goes ‘nowhere near far enough’
£23m expansion of school edtech and AI pilot Pilot to launch in September, and to involve primary, secondary and further education settings across England
The school that confiscates phones for six weeks Head whose abuse from parents was highlighted by MPs speaks to Schools Week about his strict policy approach
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’