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Average academy trust size now surpasses five schools as smaller trusts merge
Most trusts say money has been built up to fund construction projects or to shield from financial uncertainties
Reports are now 'outcomes' of investigations, as opposed to investigation reports
Who are the government's new improvement advisers, and how will they operate?
Unions are now demanding greater scrutiny over how trusts pool budgets, as schools await promised guidance
And another diocese tells governors they could only pass compliance checks with evidence they supported academisation
The ex-'orphan school' trust boss found not guilty on all seven counts he faced, following a trial at Leeds...
Union raises concerns leaders 'met with hostility' amid rows over archdiocese plans for 'universal academisation'
England's biggest MAT to go ahead with controversial plan to offer less generous pensions in return for higher salaries
