How academy trusts are ‘caught in a trap’ on school reserves Most trusts say money has been built up to fund construction projects or to shield from financial uncertainties
Stuck schools held accountable if RISE advice falls flat The improvement divisions will instead be charged with making ‘sure delivery is happening’
Jewish school charities part of £22m cheque-cashing probe Charity Commission launches inquiry following HMRC raid on a firm in Hackney
No such thing as a long lunch: 1 in 10 schools provide under 30 minutes New study shows food served up is ‘poorly received’ and 20% of kids do their only exercise in school
Academy bailouts should come with merger clause, demands Agnew It comes after two trusts were given multi-million pound lifelines after racking up £600,000 deficits
Who are the stuck schools getting RISE support? Just a few of the schools are in London and some belong to trusts with RISE advisers
Academy scandal reports will no longer name offenders Reports are now ‘outcomes’ of investigations, as opposed to investigation reports
RISE improvement advisers: ‘best of the best’ or ‘clipboard carrying bureaucrats’? Who are the government’s new improvement advisers, and how will they operate?
DfE publishes decade-old academy investigations Investigation ‘outcome’ reports into five academy controversies dating as far back as 14 years published