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MATs and academy-sceptics alike are likely to welcome more transparency about why schools get transferred to particular trusts

ESFA chief David Withey wants partnership and prevention, rather than the school funding watchdog jumping to 'punitive measures too quickly'

Luke Sparkes, the new chief executive of Dixons Academies Trust, talks John Dickens through expansion plans, why university-for-all is the right ambition and how the school funding squeeze threatens innovation … “I am absolutely a proud northerner,” says Luke Sparkes, who stepped up to become chief executive of Dixons Academies Trust in September. Dixons runs 16

Baker Dearing Trust chief executive Simon Connell claims things are looking up – with new ones on the horizon and plans afoot for new ‘UTC sleeves'

Swedish firm that ran England’s first and only 'for-profit' free school abandons UK marketafter sinking almost £1 million into the failed project

A grammar school overclaimed more than £1.5 million in government maintenance funding and then provided false information to the DfE about the projects

Unofficial guidance suggests schools may need both single-sex and gender neutral toilets to meet regulatory guidelines while supporting trans children

Former education secretary Nicky Morgan will chair the Careers and Enterprise Company, an organisation she set up while in government, it has emerged

More than half of academy trusts in England could fall into deficit within two years without additional financial support, a new analysis suggests

A government academy troubleshooter has been banned from teaching after 'bullying' staff with 'vicious and venomous' language