MATs

Large trust CEO leaves after just 18 months

GLF Schools boss stands down with ‘immediate effect’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Private school VAT raids: What’s the actual impact?

Settings reduce fees and boost bursaries as tax changes take effect, but more pupils leave than government predicted

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
RISE teams

Wi-fi scheme only for ‘stuck’ schools after levelling-up plan ditched

New scheme will offer £25m worth of support to boost connectivity in the classroom – but only to RISE…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Recruitment and retention

DfE chief: ‘We can support schools to be more efficient’

Susan Acland-Hood also claims pledge to recruit 6,500 more teachers is underway, but cannot explain policy

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Revealed: The school pupils who disengage during ‘Year 7 dip’

Studies should be ‘warning sign’ for early intervention, say experts

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Academies

New 25-school MAT on cards as Compass and Eko plan merger

Average academy trust size now surpasses five schools as smaller trusts merge

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Movers and Shakers

Founding CEO of Yorkshire MAT to retire

Former ASCL president and long-term trust boss set to be replaced in new year

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Academies

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

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

Schools could face SEND tribunal penalties 

Direction forcing schools and councils to follow rules on evidence bundles follows deluge of ‘irrelevant’ information

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Civil service

Senior civil servants ‘don’t know very much about education’

Academy chief and ex-senior DfE official says moving between departments ‘erodes’ capacity

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
SEND

Surrey council’s block on education communications angers MPs

Authority ‘will no longer provide a response to individual cases where a more appropriate alternative route is available’

Freddie Whittaker
Chaminda Jayanetti
News

Three years in the making, but Labour savages SEND improvement plan

Conservative government’s SEND improvement plan ‘did not go far enough’

John Dickens
John Dickens