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A secondary school has been rated outstanding after its recent Ofsted inspection as others around the county are being downgraded.

Dozens of academy leaders have been identified as pay 'outliers', earning far more than their peers who run similar-sized trusts

A secondary school in Erith is set to be renamed following an inspection by Ofsted which initially rated it as “inadequate”.

Skyrocketing prices force school leaders into 'unpalatable' choices to keep lights on this winter

SIR – It is perfectly true to say that, in the wake of the Sarah Everard case, women no longer trust the police.

Warnings have emerged over a super league of highly-paid academy trust chiefs with 98 now earning more than Boris Johnsons £158,000 salary. An investigation by Schools Week analysed data from trusts accounts between 2019 and last year, finding that 29 bosses earned a minimum of £200,000. It also discovered that 25 chiefs had pay rises equal to or over £15,000, with an overall 55 per cent receiving wage increases - triple the number of pay cuts. The Harris Federations Sir Dan Moynihan was na...

Merger plan for Brook Learning Trust schools, including The Ebbsfleet Academy and The Hayesbrook School in Tonbridge, to join Leigh Academies Trust  |  Updated: 08:54, 05 March 2021 A proposed super school merger could see three secondary schools join forces with one of the countys largest multi-academy trusts. Brook Learning Trust (BLT) and Leigh Academies Trust (LAT) are in discussions about a possible partnership which would see BLT’s three Kent-based academies join LAT from September...