Academies

Conflict questions as Labour moves to single regulator

Former official claims closing ESFA 'bad news for transparency and fairness', but others welcome the change

Jack Dyson
Freddie Whittaker
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The big payroll question: in-house vs outsourcing

Should you run payroll in-house, or should you outsource?

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IRIS
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The MIS Contract Conundrum

Schools that refuse ‘legacy lock-in’ and opt for Bromcom’s cloud-MIS reap financial benefits

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BromCom
Academies

DfE loses £10.3m in unclaimed free school VAT refunds

Department admits tax was not claimed back for nine trusts' free school projects by the HMRC deadline

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Features

Tracey Cleverly, chief executive, Learning Academy Partnership

Tracey Cleverly, who co-founded and now leads the Learning Academy Partnership, has been at the trust through both successes...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Academies

ESFA ‘sorry’ as academy trust handbook issued days before taking effect

With a caretaker government in power, the 2022 academy handbook includes only limited changes

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

School per-pupil funding to rise by only 1.9 per cent next year

Government confirms rise which falls well short of the current rate of inflation

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Government withholds SEND bailouts as councils told to fill £269m hole

Some DfE bailout payments were delayed as councils failed to hit agreed targets, while all councils are being told...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

DfE wants schools to find £1bn savings to cover rising bills

The DfE also vowed to help schools cut energy and water use, fund more finance training and improve flood...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger