Academies & MATs
Primary school standards are rising
The DfE has published details of how academies are helping primary schools improve New Department for Education statistics have highlighted keep reading
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Campaigners clash with council over academy conversion vote
CREDIT: This story was originally seen on Newham Recorder Campaigners have clashed with their local council, following a reversal of keep reading
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DfE's rush to convert schools to academies is damaging, says PAC
The latest PAC report shines a spotlight on the issues inherent in the conversion of schools to academies A new keep reading
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New report seeks to highlight benefits of council support in schools
Councils are currently not allowed to help struggling academies and free schools – a report by the Local Government Association keep reading
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Call for councils to oversee 'faltering' finances of academies
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the Local Government Chronicle The Public Accounts Committee said in March that academy trusts needed keep reading
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Schools forced to wait years to become academies
CREDIT: This story was first seen in Kent Online A Kent secondary school has been kept waiting a staggering six keep reading
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Nearly half of academy leaders sceptical about academy freedoms
Survey shows that nearly half of academy leaders are sceptical about academy freedoms and that schools increasingly use pupil premium keep reading
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Co-op Group is now Greater Manchester’s biggest business sponsor of academies
CREDIT: This story was first seen in Co-op News Co-op Academy Swinton is the latest school to join the Co-op keep reading
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Gender pay gaps in academy school chains among the worst in UK
CREDIT: This story was first seen in The Guardian Analysis by The Guardian reveals several trusts where women face hourly pay keep reading
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Eight out of 10 academies in deficit, say accountants
CREDIT: This story was first seen in BBC News Academy budgets are in an even worse state than those of keep reading
