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
Academies

Bigger trusts wanted to ignore small schools, says regional chief

DfE regions group 'pushed back' against obstinate CEOs to make sure small schools were 'looked after'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Trusts paid out £3m in rule-breaching related-party deals

Related-party transaction breaches were flagged in 52 academy trust accounts last year

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

The Lilac Sky files: CEO accused of paying own firms after standing down

Schools Week can reveal the bombshell allegations behind a decision to ban Trevor Averre-Beeson from managing schools

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

Funding cut may force trusts to scrap expansion plans

Warning made as trusts left up to £100,000 out of pocket after government scrapped capacity funding

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson