Academy transfers rise following Covid lull And more switches are being triggered by trusts themselves, new data shows
12 ESFA staff get £50k+ exit packages amid restructure Annual accounts of funding agency also reveal how £5.8m in debts owed by academies have been written-off
School with RAAC ‘might not be repaired for four years’ Pupils currently being bussed to separate school as primary shut for months
What’s new in the DfE’s expanded reading framework? Updated guidelines suggest in-class ‘influencers’ could get more children reading
Trust reviews policies after CEO’s ‘premium’ Apple event flights Auditors flag ‘financial issue’ after trust forked out £1k for journey
Ministers urged to add ‘depth’ to trust accountability assessments Leaders sound caution over using ‘quantitative measures’ to compare chains
Academy trust hopes merger will ease repair worries DfE approved just one in three bids for money from the latest round of the condition improvement fund
Revealed: The metrics that will be used for academy decisions Government hopes guidance will shed light on behind-closed-doors commissioning
Ministers told to scrap academy order after ‘good’ Ofsted City’s last maintained secondary at centre of parent campaign overturns ‘inadequate’ rating