Academies & MATs
For MATs: the updated school improvement capacity framework
Back in December 2016 the Department for Education released guidance and resources for academy trusts, including those establishing new trusts keep reading
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Is joining an MAT worthwhile?
It seems there’s an abundance of positives to becoming part of a MAT, so why wouldn’t you join? We explore keep reading
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Picketing parents lose fight to stop academisation of Essex school
As reported by The Guardian, a primary school in Essex has become an academy after an 18-month campaign opposing the keep reading
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NEU: funding for school buildings is too little, too late
As reported by The Guardian, the government has announced a £400m investment to repair school and college buildings in England, keep reading
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New academies alliance publishes first report in bid to share best practice among MATs
The Queen Street Group, an association of 17 leading multi academy trusts, has published its first annual report after its official keep reading
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WCAT collapse costs schools £2m
As reported by the BBC, schools that lost £2m when an academy trust collapsed are set to find out if keep reading
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'Good intentions' of trust have failed, Ofsted says
As reported by the BBC, the ‘good intentions’ of Bishop Anthony Education Trust have failed, according to Ofsted Ofsted has keep reading
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Can a new generation of trusts blend centralisation with autonomy?
Centralisation versus autonomy is a debate which has raged since the earliest days of the academy movement. There is a keep reading
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Damian Hinds encourages faith schools to academise
More faith schools should consider academy conversion, according to the education secretary At a round-table of representatives from all major keep reading
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Forced academisation 'like a dictatorship'
As reported by The Guardian, parents are responding to the forced academisation of schools, with one commenting that “it’s like keep reading
