Academies: No MAT target, but mergers growing Around one in five trusts which were running schools in 2019 are no longer in operation
Funding: 鈥楩unctioning鈥� schools 鈥榳on鈥檛 be immediate priority鈥� Ex-education adviser warns of ‘very difficult conversations’ on teacher pay
5 big schools policy hurdles for the next government Politics guru Sam Freedman and trust boss Lucy Heller set out the education changes coming, and the hurdles
Trust staff go on strike as GAG pooling row escalates First strikes over MAT central charges start as union demands radical changes to trust’s GAG pooling policy
RAAC school faces 拢2m hit after pupils go elsewhere Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust is not the only MAT complaining of drops in numbers at RAAC-affected schools
Emergency capital cash handouts soar to 拢12m after funding squeeze Funding for urgent work jumps 300% in 12 months, as experts warn figures are ‘sign of the times’
Lack of MAT get-out clause sees strikes, petitions and open letters Unrest at MATs shows allowing schools to leave trusts would create ‘much healthier relationships’, claims union rep, but how could it work?
Schools warn of exclusions spike after sudden SEND budget ‘cut’ Trust sound alarm over ‘hugely reduced ability to keep children safe’ after Norfolk council funding change
Ministers snubbed school bids to repair RAAC buildings Findings put the issue of inadequate capital investment under the spotlight once again