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Schools Week
2 days ago
Exclusive: One of England’s biggest academy trusts is set to give up two special schools after deciding they would be better off in a specialist chain
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Lift set to hand over two special schools
The 58-school MAT believes both academies will be 'best supported within a specialist trust'
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/lift-academy-trust-set-to-hand-over-two-special-schools/
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Schools Week
23 days ago
👨🏫 When Andrew Truby took leadership of a Catholic trust, he was on his own and had no schools He reveals how he built the 'home for orphans’ and secured its future, during a career that has been characterised by seizing opportunities... 🔽
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Putting out the welcome MAT
Catholic academy trust CEO Andrew Truby reveals how he built the 'home for orphan schools’
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/andrew-truby-ceo-st-joseph-catholic-multi-academy-trust/
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Schools Week
27 days ago
Exclusive: School governing boards are urging Ofsted to ensure cash-strapped leaders are using SEND funding for children and not to fill other budgetary holes
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Ofsted should check SEND funding not plugging budget holes
SEND system on a 'trajectory toward complete breakdown' and 'incremental change will not suffice', warns NGA
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-should-check-send-funding-not-plugging-budget-holes/
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Schools Week
30 days ago
❗The success of one of the highest-performing schools in the country has been 'achieved at too high a cost for some pupils', a safeguarding investigation has found
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Top academy's success 'at too high a cost' to some pupils
Review details 'isolating, shaming' practices at Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/mossbourne-success-of-high-performing-school-achieved-at-too-high-a-cost-for-some-pupils/
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Freddie Whittaker
about 1 month ago
Presenting edition 413 of Schools Week 💷 Investigation: The council schools with million-pound deficits 🏫 School spotlight: Internal AP 👂 Fears over last-minute SEND listening exercise Plus teacher recruitment, free school meals, falling rolls and more Subscribe:
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Some worrying findings here: 📈 71% rise in council-run schools in deficit in three years ❗️48 schools over £1m in the red 📝Deficit schools charged up to £340k in 'interest'
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Amid the success, there are rumblings of discontent over admissions and inclusion on the Isle of Sheppey following one of England's biggest school restructures We look in depth at all that's happened… 👇
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Schools Week
about 2 months ago
Exclusive: A pioneering three-school trust in London plans to join one of England’s biggest MATs in the latest high-profile academy merger
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Big Education trust consults on merging with Oasis
Pioneering London trust plans merger with one of country's biggest MATs. Their leaders explain more ...
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/big-education-trust-consults-on-merging-with-oasis/
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Schools Week
about 2 months ago
💸 A school has been refused permission to cut its intake by a quarter despite estimates of a 'catastrophic' £2 million deficit after the local authority opposed the plans
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School’s intake cut blocked despite £2m deficit fear
Watchdog rejects plan despite admitting the change could help the academy 'attract more students'
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-intake-cut-blocked-despite-2m-deficit-fear/
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Just days after government's big announcement of their launch, new AI-generated attendance reports have been suspended... 😬
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about 2 months ago
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👀 Officials want to reduce the 'legal risks' schools face when buying MIS This follows a string of costly court fights, involving local authorities and some of England's biggest MATs...
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about 2 months ago
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We revealed last year how almost £200m had been handed to trusts through this secret fund There was no published guidance explaining what it was or who could access the money But now DfE seems to have finally responded to calls for greater transparency...
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Schools Week
3 months ago
👔 Schools must 'confirm as soon as possible' and consider legal advice on any uniform changes needed for a new cap on branded items, with parents able to escalate any disputes to government
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School uniform: New rules to meet Labour's cap revealed
Guidance tells schools to confirm changes ASAP, consider legal advice and lets parents complain to government
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/school-uniform-new-rules-to-meet-labours-cap-revealed/
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Schools Week
3 months ago
💸 One in five council-run primaries could be plunged into deficit as the falling rolls crisis deepens, with 20 per cent of teachers already laid off in the worst-hit areas
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1 in 5 teachers laid off in worst-hit falling roll areas
A fifth of maintained primaries could also fall into deficit, new research reveals
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/one-in-five-teachers-laid-off-in-worst-hit-falling-roll-areas/
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❗️Seventy-five trusts – one with a deficit of almost £6 million – raised concerns about their ability to continue operating in 2023-24, more than double the year before Our investigation ⬇️
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More standalone schools on the brink as deficits grow
Seventy-five trusts raised concerns about their ability to continue operating in 2023-24
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-schools-in-groups-plan-explored-as-sats-deficits-mount/
3 months ago
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Schools Week
3 months ago
Exclusive: Reform UK-run Kent council plans to raid £2 million from schools’ already-squeezed budgets to pay for vital services it can no longer afford, sparking fears of more classroom cuts
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Reform-run Kent council plans £2m school budget raid
Leaders say proposals fly in face of pre-election pledges to identify efficiencies from 'DOGE' unit
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-run-kent-council-plans-2m-school-budget-raid/
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This year, SATs moderators will be tested on questions written by AI, rather than actual children’s work The pilot has been launched amid a government push to ‘harness the power of AI technology across the sector’ Our exclusive👇
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Schools Week
3 months ago
💸 An academy trust broke rules after paying nearly £5,000 in 'consultancy services' to the mother of its CEO, a government investigation has found
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Trust broke rules over payments to CEO's mum
Government probe finds trust breached rules over consultancy payments and £24k on training courses
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-trust-broke-rules-over-payments-to-ceos-mum/
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Schools Week
3 months ago
❌ Exclusive: A controversial decision allowing a school to introduce fair banding has been withdrawn by the admissions watchdog over allegations important evidence was ignored
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Admissions watchdog rescinds fair banding approval
The controversial decision had allowed a school to introduce the practice
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/admissions-watchdog-rescinds-fair-banding-approval/
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Our investigation found: 👤In a fifth of RISE schools, advisers brokered in support from organisations employing fellow advisers 🔁 Organisations providing RISE support have their own 'stuck' schools 👥️ MATs with more than one RISE school receiving support from different bodies
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3 months ago
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❗️This has reignited concerns over fair banding, with one head arguing it 'systematically discriminates against certain groups' Full story ⬇️
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3 months ago
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LAs have reported what they suggest are tactics by schools to skew cohorts One council even accused secondaries of practices that 'amount to selection' Our investigation into the issues hampering in-year pupil transfers ⬇️
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4 months ago
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Schools Week
4 months ago
Exclusive: A council has raised 'serious concerns' over Catholic schools lowering the importance of looked-after children in admissions after a youngster in care was refused a place at the school deemed 'most appropriate' by their social worker
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Concern as children in care denied Catholic school places
Analysis suggests schools give priority to children of their faith before non-religious pupils in care
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/serious-concerns-as-children-in-care-refused-places-at-catholic-schools/
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John Dickens
4 months ago
Edition 404 done and dusted Special school admissions investigation The sector grades Ofsted Our first Boardroom Leader Northern Star Academies Trust takes the School Spotlight
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CEO talks defining high stakes
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Here, we take a closer look at the RISE expansion, as analysis suggests hundreds of schools could fall within scope of the teams' new powers... ⬇️
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4 months ago
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Schools Week
4 months ago
🖥️ Exclusive: A management information system (MIS) outage at a major supplier has left schools unable to pay suppliers, run after-school clubs and respond to safeguarding concerns
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MIS outage leaves schools in the lurch
Major supplier apologises as schools unable to pay suppliers and respond to safeguarding concerns
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/mis-outage-leaves-schools-in-the-lurch/
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John Dickens
4 months ago
Edition 403, done and dusted Scoop: Ofsted won’t publish full consultation findings Investigation: armed forces now flag SEND failures
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hunts for education policy at Reform conference
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digs into new RISE expansion Plus: can schools handle voting at 16?
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Schools Week
4 months ago
❌ Exclusive: Vital construction work on schools involved in England’s biggest PFI deal could be left incomplete, despite a council pumping in £3.5 million of its own money to fill a funding shortfall
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PFI: Council stumps up £3.5m, but repairs still left waiting
Stoke's case shows councils ill-prepared for end of PFI deals
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/councils-ill-prepared-for-end-of-pfi-deals/
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Schools Week
4 months ago
🔎 Investigation: Armed intruders, shootings near by and seagulls have forced schools teaching almost 100,000 pupils into lockdown
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Lockdown: The schools forced to take emergency measures
Union calls for 'comprehensive' guidance as leaders warn of communications difficulties during incidents
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/lockdown-the-schools-forced-to-take-emergency-measures/
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Schools Week
5 months ago
📉 The regional attainment gap has widened again, with the north east falling further behind London Following the release of A-level results, leaders are calling for government to take 'urgent' action to battle the 'entrenched divides' Schools Week investigates 🔽
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‘It's not school quality’: how the north east fell behind
Calls for 'urgent' action to battle 'entrenched divides' as north east A-level results fall further behind
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Big story The secure school has been dubbed a 'revolutionary idea' in youth custody, with government wanting to roll out more across the country But - just 12 months after launching - its young offenders will be moved over concerns scores of its doors can be 'barged' through
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5 months ago
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'Concerning' emails are said to have been traded by government officials about the potential Grenfell bans - which could impact 'every single school project' Our story ⬇️
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6 months ago
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Schools Week
6 months ago
Schools are fighting against local authority attempts to place children with SEND in their classes – with some even using youngsters’ education, health and care plans (EHCPs) to say they cannot meet their needs, councils say
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Threats and place ‘caps’: Councils reveal admission woes
Watchdog report shows widespread clashes between councils and academy trusts as Labour plans admission reforms
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/enforcement-first-legal-threats-and-place-caps-councils-reveal-admission-woes/
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Schools Week
6 months ago
Exclusive: England’s biggest academy trust has backtracked on controversial plans to let teachers opt into a less generous pension scheme to boost their pay from this September, unions have claimed
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MAT backtracks on 'dangerous' pension changes, unions claim
United Learning will no longer introduce controversial pension plan from September, say unions
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/mat-backtracks-on-dangerous-pension-changes-union-claims/
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Schools Week
6 months ago
Exclusive: The government is drawing up new guidance for schools and parents over complaints to 'reduce the burden on leaders'
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Government promises new school complaints guidance
The government is drawing up guidance for schools and parents over complaints to 'reduce burden on leaders'
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/government-promises-new-school-complaints-guidance/
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Schools Week
6 months ago
🔎 The government will launch compliance checks next year to find out whether schools are meeting requirements to let further education providers talk to their pupils about future study options
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New compliance checks to spot schools flouting Baker clause
But those breaking the rules won't be named and shamed
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/new-compliance-checks-to-spot-schools-flouting-baker-clause/
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Coverage around Labour's schools bill has been dominated by the concerns of high-profile trust CEOs and former ministers believing it will hit educational standards So last week we went on a mission to find the MAT bosses who back it and asked them why...
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6 months ago
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Schools Week
7 months ago
📝 'Wholly unsuitable' education, health and care plans and long wait times for vital services were among the key reasons areas failed SEND inspections, new analysis by Ofsted shows
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‘Unsuitable’ EHCPs: SEND inspection failures revealed
Ofsted proposes ‘pool of inspectors’ and report cards to improve SEND inspections as shortcomings revealed
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Schools Week
7 months ago
❌ An academy trust has walked away from merger plans at the last minute, claiming the trust it was joining had been plunged into “instability” after the sudden resignation of its chair
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Trust pulls plug on merger after chair’s resignation
Merger collapses amid trust's concerns 'there was no longer a secure foundation' for plans to progress
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-trust-pulls-plug-on-merger-after-chairs-resignation/
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Schools Week
7 months ago
💼 Union chiefs are urging one of England’s biggest MATs to extend its 30-minute lunch breaks – instead of teaching time – after announcing strikes across 14 of its schools
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Striking teachers tell trust to extend lunch over lessons
Teachers across 14 Outwood Grange trust schools to strike this week over plans to extend day past 2.30pm
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Freddie Whittaker
8 months ago
Edition 395 of
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done and dusted Everything you need to know about today's pay announcement
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on high needs funding woes Plus
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long-read on the backlash to government SEND thinking Subscribe:
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With school budgets coming under increasing pressure, the findings have reignited debate about what level of school reserves should be deemed appropriate My investigation 👇
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8 months ago
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John Dickens
8 months ago
Who are the 'stuck' schools getting support from new RISE advisers? Super analysis from
@jackydys.bsky.social
dissecting the key findings
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Who are the stuck schools getting RISE support?
Just a few of the schools are in London and some belong to trusts with RISE advisers
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/who-are-the-stuck-schools-getting-rise-support/
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Schools Week
8 months ago
❌ Exclusive: The government has all but ruled out naming individuals responsible for academy trust scandals in public investigation reports as it admits to fears that it could be sued
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Academy scandal reports will no longer name offenders
Reports are now 'outcomes' of investigations, as opposed to investigation reports
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-scandal-reports-will-no-longer-name-offenders/
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John Dickens
8 months ago
Super long read from
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who has spoken to new school improvement advisers to shed light on some unanswered questions about how they will operate
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Ministers say the teams consist of 'the best of the best in school improvement' - but many sector leaders remain sceptical One former minister branded them '65 people brandishing clipboards who will run around the country offering advice' So we took a closer look ⬇️
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8 months ago
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Important one, this Some academy sceptics claim MATs charge their schools greater amounts than councils for services away from the classroom But our findings challenge those assertions...
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8 months ago
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Schools Week
9 months ago
❌ Exclusive: Governors of Catholic schools who oppose plans to join new mega MATs have been told by their South Yorkshire diocese they 'should resign', our investigation has found
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Catholic governors threatened over mega MATs plan
Governors opposing plans to form large trusts told they 'should resign'
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This week, I dived into the secret world of GAG pooling More MATs are choosing to pool school budgets to smooth funding inequalities and send more money to academies with the greatest need But public information doesn't clearly show how this cash is divvied up - so I took a closer look...
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John Dickens
9 months ago
The governance relationship between diocese and academy governors is sometimes a rocky one, and the move to Catholic school mega MATs is again causing some problems Great investigation by
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