Schools

DfE warned its trust CEO scheme risks breaching competition law

Training providers warn plans to launch a MAT leadership development programme could wipe them out and risk breaching competition...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

‘No-ego’ trust group vows to speak for MATs who don’t feel heard

The Queen Street Group has doubled in size as it vows to champion diverse trust voices and help more...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

New ESFA chief vows ‘culture shift’ to ease trust fears

Watchdog must avoid jumping to 'punitive measures too quickly', but 'laser-like' focus on financial management justified

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

Minister admits ‘transparency’ needed over academy transfers and conversion

MATs and academy-sceptics alike are likely to welcome more transparency about why schools get transferred to particular trusts

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academy trusts

‘Our students leave with the powerful knowledge they can challenge the elite’

Luke Sparkes, the new chief executive of Dixons Academies Trust, talks John Dickens through expansion plans, why university-for-all is...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

Half of trusts ‘against central pooling’ of school budgets

A small poll suggests MAT leaders value centralised funding but are wary of deterring potential new trust schools

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

DfE goes shy on ‘try before you buy’ academy deals

The government has quietly slashed funding for trust partnerships, unveiled only last year to revive its multi-academy trust drive

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Revealed: The 10 academy ‘experts’ advising DfE on leader development

Group will help ministers devise and deliver a new content framework for MAT leadership development

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Academy transfers hit six-year low despite DfE MAT drive

Covid disruption has dented school transfers, but enthusiasm may also be limited among big and standalone trusts alike

Tom Belger
Tom Belger