Can council-run academy trusts actually work? Unearthed documents reveal old town hall plans to launch 25-strong trusts as DfE prepares to open applications
New school plans must show they will move into MATs Binning of free school presumption branded ‘unnecessary’ as new LA schools will still have to academise
Trust issued with improvement notice after pupil stabbed to death Sheffield MAT ‘failed to comply with the safeguarding measures’, DfE says
Missions impossible? The flagship policy due in September With details scarce, heads warn ministers to learn from the mistakes of the past
The Valentine鈥檚 Day message that started a four-year RAAC ordeal A primary forced to close in February 2022 is now the first with the crumbly concrete to be fully rebuilt
Phillipson overturns 1 in 12 verdicts in teacher misconduct cases Findings prompt warnings that public trust in the Teaching Regulation Agency process could be undermined
Focus of Labour’s coastal ‘mission’ revealed Government fleshes out vision to end outcomes ‘postcode lottery’ in north east and two coastal areas
Much-delayed RISE local plans set for summer release Officials shed light on how regional improvement blueprints will deliver national and local goals
Trusts ease expansion to become 鈥榩rofessionally generous鈥� ‘Time for optimism’, says regions boss, as trusts turn to ‘giving something back to the system’