Academies

Best-paid academy boss earns £530k after £15k pay rise

Harris Federation CEO Sir Dan Moynihan received £15k wage hike last year, newly published accounts show

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Dr Jenny Blunden, CEO, Truro and Penwith Academy Trust

When Dr Jenny Blunden took charge at her Cornish trust, its three schools were ‘broken’. But in a fight...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Suspensions tumble as trust embraces ‘emotional intelligence’ 

Influential turnaround trust criticised for high suspensions bidding to cut exclusions and 'keep children in school'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Call for ministers to settle debate over make-up of MATs

Debate comes as huge trust gives up two special schools and another says some are 'impossible' to take on

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Jack Dyson
Academies

New powers to close academy trusts ‘must be used with caution’

Sector responds to news government is set to gain new intervention powers once MAT inspections start

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Academies

Lift academy trust set to hand over two special schools

The 58-school MAT believes both academies will be 'best supported within a specialist trust'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Andrew Truby, CEO, St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust

When Andrew Truby took leadership of a Catholic trust, he was on his own and had no schools. He...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Success of top academy achieved ‘at too high a cost for some pupils’

Review details 'isolating, shaming' practices at Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Another Catholic diocese plans mega MATs

'Shifting demographics' and financial pressures have left trusts needing to 'serve more than 10,000', says diocese

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson