Academies | Schools Week Education News, Policy & School Leadership Insight Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:58:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SW-dot-logo-54x54.png Academies | Schools Week 32 32 Big Education’s merger with Oasis given go-ahead /big-educations-merger-with-oasis-given-go-ahead/ /big-educations-merger-with-oasis-given-go-ahead/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:03:44 +0000 /?p=245159

The London trust decided to join forces with another MAT after deciding 'three schools is too small'

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Academy bosses’ salaries are on the way up, but women are missing out at the top /academy-bosses-salaries-are-on-the-way-up-but-women-are-missing-out-at-the-top/ /academy-bosses-salaries-are-on-the-way-up-but-women-are-missing-out-at-the-top/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:00:10 +0000 /?p=244917

Our annual investigation shows the average pay for trust chief executives is just over £140,000, but many now earn more than £200,000

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Trust that ploughed reserves into school improvement slips £3.4m into deficit /ailing-trust-slips-3-4m-into-deficit-as-it-eats-into-reserves-school-improvement/ /ailing-trust-slips-3-4m-into-deficit-as-it-eats-into-reserves-school-improvement/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:00:15 +0000 /?p=244936

Brooke Weston's 'strategy over recent years has been to utilise cash reserves to invest in resources'

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