The former boss of a school support company that collapsed owing hundreds of thousands of pounds to its local authority is now a director of a new business offering similar services to the same institutions. Buckinghamshire Learning Trust (BLT), formed
DfE named and shamed trust for failing to justify CEO pay by mistake
The government has been forced to update a list of academy trusts named and shamed for failing to justify executive pay after a chain was included by mistake. Earlier this month, the Department for Education published a list of 31
Nine new teaching school hubs to split £2m to improve failing schools
New hubs responsible for improving up to 300 failing schools will be piloted in nine areas under a £2 million government scheme. The teaching school hubs will be run by “high-performing schools” and launch this autumn, ahead of a proposed
Don’t create monopolies of ‘mega-MATs’, government warned
The government has been warned against establishing “monopolies” of mega-MATS as new figures show almost 200 trusts have been given approval to merge. Analysis of headteacher board meeting minutes show at least 190 trusts were given approval to merge in
GCSE entries: Engineering and design technology flop as EBacc subjects soar
Entries to engineering and design technology GCSEs slumped by 36 per cent and 22 per cent respectively this year, while almost all EBacc subjects saw a rise. Provisional exam entries data published by Ofqual today shows an overall drop in
David Ross Education Trust given 4 Ofsted visits to improve academy
The David Ross Education Trust has been told it has four Ofsted visits to improve a failing academy or face having funding axed. The trust has been warned to improve the Lodge Park Academy in Corby, which was placed in
Russell Group ditches ‘facilitating subjects’ A-level list
The Russell Group of elite universities has ditched its list of preferred A-level subjects in a blow to the government’s EBacc curriculum reforms. The organisation, which represents 24 institutions across the country, plans to no longer use a list of
Failing schools more likely to improve under LA control, new study claims
Schools with poor Ofsted grades were more likely to improve if they stayed under local authority control than if they converted to academies, a new analysis has found. Not only that, the study found good schools that converted to academies
New maths and physics teachers will get £2k annual ‘incentive’ payment
Early career maths and physics teachers will be offered an extra £2,000 a year to stay in the profession under a government trial aimed at boosting retention in shortage subjects. Teachers in the first five years of their career and
Eight universities ignore Hinds’ plea to ditch strings-attached offers
Eight universities have seemingly refused to stop issuing strings-attached unconditional offers despite a plea from the education secretary. Last month, Damian Hinds wrote to 23 universities known to make so-called “conditional unconditional” offers, whereby an institution initially requires pupils to