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Grenfell rules forced us to dip into revenue, says trust

An academy trust says it had no choice but to break finance rules and use £530,000 of revenue funds...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Closing trust gave CEO six -figure pay-off

An academy trust set to close over financial worries awarded its outgoing chief executive a £115,000 severance package –...

Simon Kay
Simon Kay
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ESFA extends deadline for academy accounts amid Covid ‘challenges’

Academy trusts will be given an extra month to submit their audited financial statements and accounts returns because of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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ESFA raps trust that spent £2.4k on wellbeing conference and spa break for senior staff

An academy trust that spent over £2,400 on a wellbeing conference and spa break for senior managers has been...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Struggling academies offered help from resource management advisers

Academies in financial difficulty as a result of the coronavirus pandemic may be offered help from the government’s cost-cutting...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New academy handbook beefs-up rules on pay, whistleblowing and banning trustees

Ministers have toughened up the academies rulebook today with new guidance to make sure pay is reasonable, ensure trusts...

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Ormiston Academies Trust got £1.1m government loan

One of the country’s largest multi-academy trusts was lent more than £1 million by the government to help “cash...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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WCAT broke funding rules a year before its collapse, DfE review finds

The doomed Wakefield City Academy Trust broke government funding rules 16 times in 2016, according to a review of...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Trust failed to deduct tax from £145k payments to CEO’s company

An academy trust boss has stepped down after a government investigation found payments totalling £145,006 were made to a...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson