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Critical Lilac Sky trust finance warning kept under wraps for months

A critical financial notice issued by the government to an academy trust revealing “significant irregular financial and governance practice” was kept under wraps for more than ten months. The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has today published a financial notice to improve (FNtI) that was issued to the controversial Lilac Sky Schools Academy Trust in August last […]

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 […]