Academies

Catholic heads seek legal advice over diocese academy plan

Schools band together to consult KC and commission due diligence on trust as bishop unveils plans

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Nicole McCartney, Creative Education Trust

Nicole McCartney is a rare species: someone with lived experience of being permanently excluded from school who has gone...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Academies

Academy trust got £1m indemnity to challenge edtech firm

But United Learning went on to lose the High Court case against Bromcom over a £2m contract

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

CST: Let ‘national improver’ academy trusts support struggling schools

Effective trusts should be labelled 'national school improvement leaders' to provide 'softer' intervention, says sector body

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Closing academy trust exposes ‘vulnerability’ of primary schools

The Diocese of Bristol Academies Trust will hand over its schools after being stripped of its only secondary

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Talks begin to help tourist hotspot school hit by housing crisis

School 'struggling to make books balance' as families 'displaced' from beauty spot

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Trust cuts primary top slice amid pupil shortfall

Secondaries at big MAT will contribute more to central services in bid to support 'struggling' primaries

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Outwood Grange names interim CEO as Oliver prepares for Ofsted job

Lee Wilson is the trust's current deputy chief executive, having previously led its primary schools

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Leaders leave after trust uncovered £379k spend on linked supply agency

Three senior staff leave academy trust after investigators found 'undisclosed conflict of interest'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker