Academies

Online dashboard would help academy conversions

Heads have been 'put off conversion' by the 'significant effort' needed to gather data, says think tank

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Revealed: Scale of parent shut-out on academy decisions

Transparency concerns as analysis shows just one in 10 advisory boards had public representations

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy trust central teams: The new world of school management

Many CEOs now lead growing numbers of centrally paid - and sometimes well-paid - senior leaders. We explore why...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Call for watchdog to investigate academy CEO training contract

Leadership training providers write to Competitions and Markets Authority over National Institute of Teaching contract

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Strike over Lewisham academies plan called off

Country's largest federation will put councillor on its board and pledge not to use unqualified teachers

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies, Ofsted

Academy order for Sheffield school ‘paused’ as new Ofsted rules announced

Schools seems to be among first to benefit from new Ofsted inspection changes announced earlier today

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies, Politics

London councils say their hands are tied on falling rolls

Borough chiefs demand academy admission powers to get grip of crisis

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academisation should not be creating second-class families

The DfE’s culture of secrecy and expediency over forced academisation needs to change, writes Mark Boylan, and there is...

JL Dutaut
Mark Boylan
Academies

Unusual trust job ad seeks ‘Curmudgeonly Eccentric Oddball’

Special school MAT admits it is 'not entirely sure' what the CEO role entails

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker