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Former official claims closing ESFA 'bad news for transparency and fairness', but others welcome the change
£4.5m academy write-offs, risks of 'errors' and bumper £107k 'exit package' payout
Annual accounts of funding agency also reveal how £5.8m in debts owed by academies have been written-off
Two leaders of collapsed trust barred seven years after government intervention, and with investigation report STILL not published
Government agency also admits it paid £2.1m to the wrong organisation - but managed to get the funds back
With a caretaker government in power, the 2022 academy handbook includes only limited changes
An expert said standalone academies faced particular challenges, but Covid boosted rather than worsened many schools' finances
The agency will be stripped of academy oversight, lose hundreds of staff and face a governance shakeup after the...
Ex-adviser also calls for 'range of new powers' for councils under fully-academised system
