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The latest news, analysis and case studies on multi-academy trusts, including trust growth, DfE policy and thought leadership from trust leaders
Friday
20th Dec 2024
What freedoms will academies lose under the new schools bill?
The planned legislation is set to result in significant changes to academy powers. Jasmine Norden and Ellen Peirson-Hagger outline which freedoms academies will lose and retain
School’s legal challenge against double RI academy order
Primary school is taking legal advice in an attempt to stop the DfE pushing ahead with its forced academisation under a policy that the government is dropping in the new year
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Regional board highlights: October 2024
Your essential guide to the key regional advisory board decisions in October 2024 across the country
Friday
13th Dec 2024
Why Labour’s ‘agnostic’ approach to school structures is doomed to fail
Labour’s new ministerial team needs to learn the lessons of the past and recognise that ‘structures beget standards’, says Sam Freedman
Are special schools being left out of the mainstream inclusion push?
National efforts to make schools more inclusive risk ignoring the huge amount of expertise in the specialist sector, say headteachers
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Thursday
5th Dec 2024
Tough conditions forced ‘poorly informed’ cutbacks on school estate
DfE capital advisers found that smaller trusts and SATs, in particular, often did not have the funds to employ dedicated estates specialists
Creative Education Trust announces new chief executive
Nicole McCartney will take over at the 17-school trust in 2025-26, with Marc Jordan stepping down after 15 years in charge