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The Harris Federation is set to take over the troubled East London Science School, despite calls for a more local trust to take the reins

Ex-adviser Sam Freedman says DfE should help schools leave trusts, incentivise councils to academise and radically overhaul regulators' powers

Unions claim DfE rules have been 'abused or ignored' to help the Diocese of Hallam academise all its schools

The academies system has handed too much power to a 'very small number' of politicians, the Department for Education's former top boss has warned

The Catholic MAT drive boosts the DfE's flagging academy agenda, and dioceses say schools are reaping rewards - but rapid growth and resistance spell danger

Just 155 schools are likely to be affected by a levelling-up white paper plan to move long-term underperforming schools into multi-academy trusts

Academies boasted record levels of spare cash and continued to expand amid the pandemic, Kreston's 2022 annual benchmarking report shows

The government is considering allowing councils to run their own academy trusts as ministers draw up measures to achieve a fully academised system

Charity demanding compensation for commercial facilities on the site of the former Durand Academy has had its bid to take its fight to the Supreme Court refused

The 'turnaround' academy trust set up by ministers to take on the schools no one else wants is going national