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Tory peer’s academy trust seeks unpaid workers

An academy trust founded by a Conservative peer is advertising for unpaid volunteers to fill key roles, as plans...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Oil tycoon’s foundation among New Schools Network donors

The foundation of a controversial oil tycoon was among the donors to the New Schools Network this year, new...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE to shell out £10m for 200 ‘external experts’

The Department for Education will spend £10 million on 200 “external experts” to advise it on policy areas including...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New Schools Network boss resigned after PTE merger rebuffed

The board of the New Schools Network turned down a proposal by its interim boss to merge the charity...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Did free schools really get the best progress scores?

Free schools came top as the best-performing “type” of school in this year’s Progress 8 tables, but were their...

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REBECCA ALLEN
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DfE spent more than £23m on failed studio schools

The government has spent more than £23 million on studio schools that have either closed or never opened but...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
Opinion

A simple guide to the next wave of free school applications

Wave 13 of the free schools applications opened today. Mark Lehain explains how it differs from previous rounds The...

Mark Lehain
Mark Lehain
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United Learning and Ark in north-London turf war

Two of the country’s leading academy trusts have clashed over plans for an “unneeded” free school in north London....

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
Opinion

Free schools can’t be judged as a homogenous group

Tom Richmond is wrong on one thing, argues Thomas Byrne. There already are numerous free school successes – and...

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Expert Contributor