Lilac Sky Schools Academy Trust

Lilac Sky: 8 years, 2 banned heads, £3m ‘improper’ spending – but no report

The government had promised for years to publish its investigation report into a scandal-hit trust

Lilac Sky founder drops legal challenge over school ban

Former trust boss says action was ‘unfair’, but hearing allegations in public would ‘create more stress’

Lilac Sky trust founder Averre-Beeson banned from running schools

Two leaders of collapsed trust barred seven years after government intervention, and with investigation report STILL not published

Government urged to show it ‘has teeth’ as academy scandals stack up

The government has been urged to show it has the “teeth” to deal with people implicated in major academy finance scandals. Several instances of financial “impropriety” at the Lilac Sky Schools Academy Trust (LSSAT) have been reported to the Education Funding Agency (EFA), though the government is yet to publish an investigation into financial management […]

Accounts reveal shocking financial mismanagement at defunct academy trust

A new report has exposed how an academy trust under investigation by the government has repeatedly breached finance rules – including paying staff severance cash before re-employing them the next day, and spending public money on “luxury” booze. The overdue annual accounts for the Lilac Sky Schools Academy Trust (LSSAT), published this week, reveal that […]

Former trust boss’s new private school closes after six months

A private school set up by the founder of a collapsed academy chain has closed six months after it opened – leaving more than 80 pupils stranded. Schools Week revealed last week that parents and staff at Henriette Le Forestier preparatory school in Croydon, south London, were told it would break up nine days before […]