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Three senior staff left an academy trust after investigators found an “undisclosed conflict of interest” over £379k paid to a linked supply teacher agency

Scaled-back council support services and financial woes are some of the main drivers behind a spike in schools wanting to convert into an academy

Claire Pannell reckons she might be the only person in the country with her job title. While many trusts have a director of governance, she can’t find any that also have their own “general counsel” – the joint roles that she fills at Anthem Schools Trust. Maintained schools call on local authority legal departments when Claire Pannell, Anthem

The boss of a prominent academy chain fears the government’s new trust quality descriptors could become the 'Ofsted handbook' of the MAT world

Once a humble design technology teacher in Sunderland, Nick Hurn reveals the truth of how his schools have grown and developed.

A surge in warning notices has led leaders to question whether the policy is still appropriate as academy staff “live with the long tail of Covid”.

Plunging pupil numbers could give government's academy drive an unexpected boost, experts say, after two primaries unveiled plans to join a MAT as rolls fall.

The academy trust membership body Confederation of School Trusts has appointed Sir Hamid Patel as its new chair

Incoming Ofsted chief inspector accused of misleading MPs over claims exclusion rates in his trust’s schools were 'lower than most' in the areas they work

Drone startup DroneAcharya Aerial Innovations has signed a franchise agreement with Switzerland’s Wollstone...