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DfE will plough on with ordering more schools to academise or join new trusts, despite fears reforms will hit recruitment and discourage trusts from taking on schools

The St Joseph CMAT's chief executive compared its task to a 'mission to Mars', but the pilot could spark copycat trusts nationwide

The DfE will 'test the concept' of local authority multi-academy trusts, inviting councils to join a small trial

Ministers will prioritise schools in investment areas and with 'long-term underperformance'

Regional schools commissioner advisor results were delayed more than two months, after a mid-election boundary review

The DfE faces calls to apologise after a legal challenge halted its academisation push with Hallam diocese, whose schools also saw funding delayed

A council has pulled several back-office support services for schools after the rising rates of academies contributed to them becoming financially unviable

The government has U-turned after signing off academy orders for Catholic Hallam diocese schools without governor approval

Such new trusts could help the DfE fix low Christian academisation rates and the chronic problem of schools strugging to find sponsors

The government has 'paused' a Catholic diocese's bid to academise 19 schools, after unions launched legal action because governors had not signed off the plans