Academies

Former MAT boss cleared of historic child sex offence allegations

The ex-'orphan school' trust boss found not guilty on all seven counts he faced, following a trial at Leeds...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Academies

Fears Catholic school heads ‘coerced’ into mega-MATs

Union raises concerns leaders 'met with hostility' amid rows over archdiocese plans for 'universal academisation'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy trust will press on with pension change despite government ‘threats’

England's biggest MAT to go ahead with controversial plan to offer less generous pensions in return for higher salaries

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Council attempt to cut academies’ intake ‘absurd’, says MAT boss

CEO fears Labour reforms will give authorities hit by falling rolls more teeth to squeeze academy intakes

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy trusts bid for £44m growth cash before scheme axed

More than 660 schools were involved in applications for the final window of the trust capacity and establishment and...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Revealed: The academy CEO pay premium

More than 60 CEOs earned over £200k, biggest-ever Schools Week executive pay investigation reveals

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy sector annual report: 7 key findings

Auditors sound warning over pension liabilities, while one trust paid out an exit package of at least £200k

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy trust walks away from merger with struggling chain

45-school MAT reveals the funding needed for a long-planned merger 'was not available', prompting fears trusts will become 'more...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

‘Carrying the responsibility of a trust is a 24-hour-a-day role’

Diversity, deprivation and tackling parents’ abuse of home education – Sian Hampton tells Jack Dyson about a life that...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson