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Downsizing trust ‘failed to balance books quickly enough’

The Department for Education has slapped strict spending controls on an academy trust accused of failing to balance its...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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Supportive letters boost national leader of education applications, study finds

School leaders who receive a letter of encouragement are more likely to both apply and get accepted to become...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Temporary RSC waves through 21 academy conversions (with just 2 board members)

A regional schools commissioner who temporarily stepped in to preside over another area has agreed 21 academy conversions and...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Vicky Beer to stay on as RSC after departure U-turn

Vicky Beer, regional schools commissioner for Lancashire and West Yorkshire, has made a dramatic U-turn on her decision to...

John Dickens
John Dickens