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Council loses court fight over falling rolls academy plan

High Court decision to throw out academisation decision means LA will ‘have to close high-performing school instead’

Ban on legal aid for exclusions cases challenged

Permission has been granted for a test case arguing parents should get access to public funding to challenge potentially discriminatory exclusions

School will take Ofsted to High Court after injunction fails

All Saints Academy Dunstable granted permission for judicial review of ‘inadequate’ graded report

Safeguarding failures exposed as trust’s High Court challenge thrown out

Khalsa Academies Trust’s bid to overturn a government termination warning thrown out of court

Williamson’s ‘irrational’ refusal to revoke academy order quashed by High Court

The education secretary’s refusal to revoke an academy order for a primary school in the West Midlands has been ruled “irrational” and quashed by the High Court. Governors of Yew Tree Primary School in Sandwell brought a judicial review of a decision by education secretary Gavin Williamson to refuse to revoke the order imposed on […]

School fighting academisation can’t demonstrate improvement because of Covid, High Court hears

A primary school fighting government plans to convert it into an academy has been unable to demonstrate improvement because Ofsted inspections were suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic, the High Court has heard. Governors of Yew Tree Primary School in Sandwell have brought a judicial review of a decision by education secretary Gavin Williamson to refuse […]

Academy trust will take battle to keep school to the High Court

An academy trust will take its legal battle to keep hold of one of its schools to the High Court in a claim which, if successful, could create “new possibilities” for trusts in similar positions. Khalsa Academies Trust has won permission to apply for a judicial review of a government decision to terminate the funding […]

Former superhead suing for £200k over claims ‘excessive workload’ damaged his health

An ex-headteacher who helped turnaround failing schools is suing for more than £200,000 over claims an “excessive workload”, exacerbated by plans to open a new free school, left him depressed. Sir Craig Tunstall, formerly England’s best paid primary headteacher on £367,000 a year, was dismissed from the council-maintained Gipsy Hill Federation in 2018 for “gross […]

Judge: Durand management may have taken ‘eye off the ball’ over EFA squabble

Management at the under-fire Durand Academy may have taken its eyes “off the ball” due to an ongoing conflict with the Education Funding Agency, a judge has said. The school has won a legal bid at the High Court to have its ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating quashed, after a judicial review found that the watchdog’s complaints procedure […]