Academies

Free schools: DfE loses millions on unused sites

Government also spent £10.9 million on upkeep, such as security, maintenance and utility bills, on the empty sites

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

AET academy trust puts parents back on governing bodies

CEO says it's 'too easy for school trusts to become distant and disconnected from communities'

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

OGAT threatened with academy rebroker over ‘high’ suspensions

A termination warning notice has been issued over exclusions at Outwood Academy Ormesby

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

Ministers will miss 2030 MAT target, report warns

An NFER report warns white paper vision would need conversions at 'unprecedented' speed, threatening standards

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

United Learning broke academy rules over £133k ‘duplicate payment’

Country's largest trust also reveals it was braced for £10m deficit before autumn statement funding announcement

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Hanson Academy: Turning around the school no-one wanted

Delta is overhauling a Bradford academy, but questions remain over the former 'orphan' school's 11-year wait for a sponsor

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

E-ACT appoints new chief executive

Tom Campbell made permanent boss at academy trust he has run on an interim basis

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

Transfer of struggling academy shows pattern of delays

Analysis shows transfers take twice as long in some regions and that the speed of conversions has slowed since...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

Elite sixth forms and northern BRIT School among free school bids

Only one in four of the more than 60 applications will be approved

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth