Academies

Labour’s ‘act of vandalism’ bill risks pay cuts for 20k teachers, claim Tories

Critics of Labour's academy freedom reforms pile in as schools bill set to be debated by MPs

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Loss of academy freedoms could harm improvement of toughest schools – CST boss

Leora Cruddas also says government 'must help us put a stop to all attempts by those who seek to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Children’s wellbeing bill to enact sweeping academies reform

Draft law would let councils open schools again, end automatic academisation of failing settings and make academies follow national...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Brighton academy trust ditches controversial 20% GAG-pool

Trust rocked by strikes 'committed to ending' GAG pooling policy, as it opts to top-slice instead

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy trusts offer schools £25k ‘golden hellos’ as DfE grant dropped

The government will scrap grants to aid schools convert to academy status in the new year

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Don’t rush to create biblical MATs, Catholic dioceses told

All but one of the 19 English Catholic dioceses are pursuing trust growth plans

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy trust merger decision due (despite CEO already running the other chain)

Delta boss Paul Tarn took over Coast and Vale Learning Trust as chief executive in April

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Lilac Sky: 8 years, 2 banned heads, £3m ‘improper’ spending – but no report 

The government had promised for years to publish its investigation report into a scandal-hit trust

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

DfE quietly ditches pledge to publish academy scandal investigations

Department has shifted to publishing 'a summary of the outcomes of an investigation'

John Dickens
John Dickens