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Borough chiefs demand academy admission powers to get grip of crisis
The DfE’s culture of secrecy and expediency over forced academisation needs to change, writes Mark Boylan, and there is...
Special school MAT admits it is 'not entirely sure' what the CEO role entails
Officials are deploying 'soft levers' to encourage small schools to convert and build capacity in the system
Prospective chains say 'diminishing' authority help a factor in decision
Plans to academise Sheffield's last local authority-maintained secondary have been pushed back
'The whole system’s full of inconsistencies'
Money was released to support maintained schools at risk of 'unexpected or imminent failure'
There is time for the government, Ofsted and others to invest in a programme of research
