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A government troubleshooter sent in to wind up the troubled Bright Tribe trust has spoken of her “professional” embarrassment over the scandal, and apologised on behalf of the chain’s former leaders. Angela Barry, interim chief executive at Bright Tribe and its sister chain Adventure Learning Academies Trust, told MPs today that she was “confident” action […]

Most of the money made by leisure facilities on a school site in south London is being paid to the school’s former head, it has emerged. Sir Greg Martin, who quit as head of Durand Academy in 2015, is entitled to a £850,000 “special payment” under an agreement with the Charity Commission. The deal was […]

Headteachers believe writing off student loans and reducing working hours outside the classroom are the best options to tackle the teacher recruitment and retention crisis. A new survey by Teach First shows getting rid of student debt for new teachers is heads’ preferred method for boosting recruitment numbers, while cutting work completed out of class […]

The costs of austerity in the UK have fallen “disproportionately” on children, leaving them hungry at school and forcing teachers to collect food and send it home with their pupils, according to a United Nations poverty expert. Professor Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, recently spent two weeks in […]

A company that trained school support workers is to cease its apprenticeship programme after Ofsted labelled it “weak” – warning of poor support from headteachers. Inspectors rated apprenticeships provided by Expanse Group Ltd as “inadequate” following an inspection in September. They said the firm’s leaders and managers did not ensure the schools supported their apprentices […]

Soaring numbers of academy trusts are being wound up, and many are collapsing with deficits of millions of pounds, a Schools Week investigation has revealed. Our analysis, using Companies House records, found at least 91 multi-academy trusts had closed or were in the process of being wound up since 2014. However, more than half (46) […]

Progress scores in a trust founded by the academies minister plummeted after a fast-track qualification was removed from government league tables in a move to clampdown on gaming. The average Progress 8 score this year at the Inspiration Trust, which was founded by Lord Agnew, dipped more than in any other trust that entered most […]

The bosses of dozens of tutoring companies have been threatened with imprisonment after the government launched a clampdown on suspected illegal practices in the industry. Schools Week understands the Employment Agency Service (EAS) inspectorate, an arm of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has written to as many as 50 tutoring company […]

The government will not confirm how many new school breakfast clubs have been set up under a £26 million scheme, despite boasting that “thousands more children” are now receiving a morning meal. Nadhim Zahawi, the children’s minister, announced earlier this month that “500 new or improved” breakfast clubs have signed up to the government’s programme […]