鈥楾he best-kept secret in education鈥�: Hobby on his new TKAT vocation Halfway through his tour of the trust鈥檚 45 schools, Hobby reveals what challenges await him in his new role
Unity names new CEO following Coulson’s departure Boss of private school group set to become 40-school trust’s chief executive
Estates strategy ‘very soon’: 6 findings from DfE grilling Minister and senior mandarin quizzed on rebuilding delays, RAAC spending and ‘older building’ research
Trusts 鈥榬isk breaching rules鈥� after confidentiality clause guidance tweak Warning as academies must now secure DfE go-ahead before using confidentiality clauses in severance deals
School uniform: New rules to meet Labour’s cap revealed Government guidance tells schools to confirm changes ASAP, consider legal advice and lets parents complain to government
One in five teachers laid off in worst-hit falling roll areas A fifth of maintained primaries could also fall into deficit, new research reveals, as union calls for ‘additional support’
Free schools update ‘later this year’, and 3 other things we learned from ministers The education secretary and her team answered MPs’ questions in Parliament today
More standalone schools on the brink as deficits grow Seventy-five trusts 鈥� one with a deficit of almost 拢6 million 鈥� raised concerns about their ability to continue operating in 2023-24
Working-class white kids ‘most resistant to transformative work by schools’ Boss of review probing the issue says leaders ‘faced with intergenerational discontent’