Oasis gives up Isle of Sheppey academy where most pupils absent School with four below-‘good’ ratings in a row will become the first to ever leave England’s sixth-largest trust
ESFA ‘sorry’ as academy trust handbook issued days before taking effect With a caretaker government in power, the 2022 academy handbook includes only limited changes
AET risks losing academy over AP failures and discrimination Ofsted said prominent trust’s school failed to do necessary checks on AP settings or whether pupils attended, risking harm
DfE reveals trust leaders advising on review of academy regulation Two-thirds of the advisory group represent academy trusts, with the DfE planning the regulatory overhaul despite a climbdown over its schools bill
How turnaround trust plans to fix ‘orphan’ school problem The St Joseph CMAT’s chief executive compared its task to a ‘mission to Mars’, but the pilot could spark copycat trusts nationwide
Holland Park parents now threaten to sue Ofsted in MAT battle They claim school’s ‘inadequate’ judgment is ‘intended to drive through’ plans to join United Learning
Holland Park staff and parents take MAT fight to High Court The NEU is backing parents’ bid to stop the standalone academy joining United Learning, claiming consultation was flawed
MATs gain schools and record cash boost amid Covid Academies boasted record levels of spare cash and continued to expand amid the pandemic, Kreston’s annual benchmarking report shows
Academy avoids rebrokering threat until third ‘inadequate’ rating The leeway given to Nuneaton Academy raised eyebrows, with other academies and maintained schools facing swifter intervention