Category: Academies

Academy school leaders in England face pay cap to curb ‘banker-style’ salaries

Nearly 100 academy chief executives earn more than £200,000 a year, and at least one more than £500,000The era of academy school leaders in England receiving “banker-style salaries” and hefty annual increases may soon be over,...

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Zack Polanski tells NEU teachers’ union that Greens would abolish ‘toxic’ Ofsted – UK politics live

The Green party leader said Ofsted is a ‘failed institution’ and that teaching should move ‘toward a genuinely collaborative model’Starmer complained about other parties whipping up division, and he specifically criticised Nick...

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DfE failure to plan for Covid school closures was ‘extraordinary dereliction of duty’, academy head tells inquiry

Jon Coles tells of shock at lack of planning by government and says it was ‘perfectly clear’ schools would likely closeThe leader of one of the largest academy trusts in England has described the Department for Education’s...

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‘Pupils are in fear every day’: parents raise concerns about new schools run by top UK academy

Emergency meeting called over strictness of discipline at Essex schools run by Mossbourne FederationParents and teachers have voiced alarm about the treatment of children at three Essex schools after they were taken over by a...

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Most academy leaders in England say new bill will not affect school management

Survey shows 60% predict no impact from schools bill while 21% say change will be negativeThe majority of academy leaders in England say the government’s new schools bill will not affect how they manage their schools, according...

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Some pupils in England less likely to have special needs identified, study shows

Research by Education Policy Institute highlights groups it says are at greater risk of missing out on Send supportSend crisis in England risks creating ‘lost generation’ of childrenChildren in England experience huge variations...

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Inadequate schools ‘left to fester’ by Tories, says Labour in academies row

Dozens of underperforming schools have been forced to wait more than a year to reopen under new managementDozens of schools rated inadequate by Ofsted have faced waits of more than a year before reopening, amid accusations from...

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Top English academy trust faces safeguarding review over ‘emotional abuse’ of pupils

Observer investigation into London school has sparked an inquiry into allegations that teachers harmed mental wellbeing of childrenA school in one of England’s leading academy trusts is to face an independent safeguarding review...

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Top London academies face mass claims of emotional harm as Whitehall acts on crisis

Government says allegations ‘deeply distressing’ as dossier of allegations grows in wake of Observer investigation into Mossbourne schoolsThe government has expressed alarm at “deeply distressing” allegations of emotional harm...

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Teachers at top academy in Hackney ‘screamed at’ and humiliated pupils, say angry parents

Mossbourne academy accused of bullying and damaging children’s mental health as local authority asked to step inParents have accused an academy school in east London of causing serious harm to children’s mental health, with...

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