Officials kept mum about academy probe as merger decided Revelation reopens debate around the transparency of important academy decisions
Reform-run Kent council plans 拢2m school budget raid Leaders say proposals fly in face of pre-election pledges to identify efficiencies and savings from Musk-style DOGE unit
CEO gender pay gap halves after closing three years in a row But men still paid 拢5k more than women, CST study finds
‘Alarm’ as two-thirds of schools’ Turing Scheme bids snubbed Ministers told to better support schools through foreign trips scheme as acceptance rate drops from 90% to 30%
Academy trust broke rules over payments to CEO’s mum Government probe finds four-school trust breached academy rules over consultancy payments, 拢24k on training courses for a senior leader and ‘bypassing’ recruitment processes
AI questions to be trialled in SATs moderator tests Government launches trial in bid to cut costs and school workload, amid push to ‘harness the power of AI’
Admissions watchdog rescinds fair banding approval The controversial decision had allowed a school to introduce the practice
RISE advisers call on their own to support schools Leaders say DfE must be more transparent about improvement team decisions as advisers buy in support from RISE colleagues’ organisations
Oak National Academy judicial review restarts as talks fail Bodies representing ed tech and publishing firms say they were met by ‘wall of silence’ in talks with government