Schools Bill: DfE wants councils to bid to academise schools
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Academisation
  • May 12, 2022
Queen's Speech sets out plans for schools to become academies
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Queen's Speech Academisation Schools Bill
  • May 10, 2022
‘Riot’ at London school sparks call for Department for Education to step in
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Academisation Protests
  • May 4, 2022
‘Pupils are distressed’: community fights top London school’s takeover
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Academisation Protests
  • May 3, 2022
Why grammar schools should embrace joining mixed-model MATs
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MATs Academisation Academy trusts
  • Apr 27, 2022
White paper: our ambitions depend on the profession’s insights
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Schools white paper School improvement Academy trusts Academisation
  • Apr 22, 2022
Schools should be more patriotic, and eight more things we learned from Zahawi
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Patriotism Schools white paper Academisation
  • Apr 20, 2022
Government statistics on academies under scrutiny
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Schools white paper Statistical data Academy trusts Academisation
  • Apr 14, 2022
Withdraw 'disgraceful' academy stats, Zahawi told
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Statistical data Academy trusts Academisation Schools white paper
  • Apr 14, 2022
Statistics watchdog investigates DfE’s academy claims
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Academy trusts Statistical data Schools white paper Academisation
  • Apr 14, 2022
The ‘evidence-led education secretary’ isn’t being led by the evidence
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Academisation Schools white paper
  • Apr 6, 2022
White paper: Academy reforms rest on regulator role, say leaders
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Academisation
  • Apr 1, 2022
White paper: Most ‘coasting’ schools already academies
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Coasting schools School improvement Academisation
  • Apr 1, 2022
Zahawi admits reform failures. But can he win over academy sceptics?
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Academisation Education reforms
  • Apr 1, 2022
Government's evidence for forcing schools into MATs badly flawed
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Academisation Schools white paper
  • Mar 31, 2022
Government accused of ‘con job’ and ‘manipulating’ data to justify conversion of all schools to academies
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Schools white paper Academisation
  • Mar 31, 2022
DfE ‘misreporting’ data to back academies drive, claims NEU
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Academisation
  • Mar 31, 2022
Schools that join MATs ‘less likely to improve’
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School improvement Academisation
  • Mar 31, 2022
Education union criticises ‘badly flawed’ evidence behind academy drive
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Academisation Schools white paper
  • Mar 31, 2022
Teachers criticise badly flawed evidence for making all schools academies
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Schools white paper Academisation
  • Mar 31, 2022
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi praises ‘fantastic ethos’ of grammar schools
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Grammar schools MATs Academy trusts Academisation
  • Mar 28, 2022
DfE's plan to move 'coasting schools' into MATs
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School improvement Coasting schools Academisation
  • Mar 28, 2022
The Guardian view on multi-academy trusts: one direction
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MATs Academy trusts Academisation
  • Mar 28, 2022
White paper: DfE reveals the ‘coasting’ schools facing intervention
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Schools white paper Coasting schools School improvement MATs Academisation
  • Mar 28, 2022
Schools could ask to move from academy trusts, under DfE plan
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Academisation MATs Academy trusts
  • Mar 28, 2022
Schools White Paper: Government sets target for all schools to become academies by 2030
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Schools white paper Academisation
  • Mar 28, 2022
Ban on councils setting up school academy trusts set to be scrapped
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Academisation
  • Mar 28, 2022
Council-run academy trusts get the green light in schools white paper
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Academisation Schools white paper
  • Mar 28, 2022
All schools in England to aim for academy status by 2030
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Academisation
  • Mar 28, 2022
Pupils at London’s ‘socialist Eton’ join protest against being taken over by an academy chain
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Academisation Protests
  • Mar 21, 2022
Holland Park School: Parents protest at takeover of ‘socialist Eton’ by big academy chain
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Academisation
  • Mar 16, 2022
Catholic trust pilot in disarray after academy U-turn and pay gaffe
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Academisation Faith schools
  • Mar 6, 2022
Council pulls ‘unviable’ support services after academy rise
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Academisation Support services
  • Mar 5, 2022
The schools resisting ministers’ all-academy land ambitions
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Academisation
  • Mar 4, 2022
Government to set 2030 target for all schools to become academies
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Academisation
  • Mar 3, 2022
MAT-rix Resurrections: what next for Academies and MAT-isation? Part One: The diagnosis
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Academisation
  • Mar 3, 2022
NAHT successfully challenges the DfE over the forced academisation of Hallam Diocese schools
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Faith schools Academisation
  • Mar 2, 2022
DfE cancels 19 academy orders after legal challenge
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Faith schools Academisation Legal action
  • Mar 1, 2022
Catholic turnaround trust eyes coasting or cash-strapped schools
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Academisation School sponsorship
  • Feb 28, 2022
Free school charity: All-MAT sector would mean ‘death’ of innovation
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MATs Academisation
  • Feb 25, 2022
DfE pauses plan to academise schools in Catholic Diocese
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Academisation Faith school
  • Feb 16, 2022
The Gove reforms a decade on: What worked, what didn’t, what next?
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Academisation School reforms Michael Gove
  • Feb 9, 2022
Let schools quit trusts and create super-regulator to complete academisation, ministers told
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Academisation
  • Feb 9, 2022
Catholic church in legal battle over bid to force schools to become academies
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Academisation Faith schools
  • Feb 8, 2022
Unions launch legal action against DfE over diocese conversions
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Academisation Faith schools
  • Feb 8, 2022
NEU comment on Hallam Diocese forced academisation
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Academisation Faith schools
  • Feb 8, 2022
Unions urge Zahawi to halt 'forced' academisation
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Academisation Faith schools
  • Feb 8, 2022
Did Gibb have too much power, asks ex-DfE boss
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Nick Gibb Academisation
  • Feb 7, 2022
Academies system has given politicians too much power, says ex-DfE boss
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Academisation
  • Feb 7, 2022
Legal threats and governor revolts: Inside the mass academisation of Catholic schools
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Faith school Academisation
  • Feb 4, 2022
Academies: Tories hope to complete Michael Gove’s schools revolution by letting councils set up academy trusts
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Academisation
  • Jan 28, 2022
DfE considers council-run MATs to achieve academy ambition
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Academisation Schools white paper Education reforms
  • Jan 27, 2022
Unions fighting academisation of Leicester SEN school
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SEN Special needs Academisation
  • Nov 27, 2021
DfE: Most maintained schools not planning to academise
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Academisation
  • Nov 17, 2021
Academisation rate ‘unlikely to increase’ without new policies, DfE study finds
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Academisation
  • Nov 17, 2021
This consultation could force academisation by the back door
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Academisation
  • Nov 15, 2021
Council agree new plans after academy u-turn
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Academisation Academy conversions MATs Academy trusts
  • Nov 10, 2021
Archdiocese ‘ruling by diktat’ as schools told to academise by 2023
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Academisation MATs Academy trusts
  • Nov 10, 2021
Ofsted boost for school in ‘David and Goliath’ court battle against academisation
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Legal action Academisation
  • Nov 5, 2021
‘Not a race’ for all schools to join MATs, says Herrington
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Academisation
  • Nov 1, 2021
New alliance to stop schools being swept under MAT
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MATs Academisation
  • Oct 22, 2021
Council ditches ‘forced’ academisation plan as Zahawi softens stance
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Academisation
  • Oct 13, 2021
Multi-academy trust drive in danger of hitting the buffers
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MATs Academy trusts Academisation
  • Sep 24, 2021
Walsall primary school wins 'landmark ruling' over academy order
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Academisation Legal action Gavin Williamson
  • Jul 23, 2021
West Midlands primary school wins appeal against academy status
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Academisation Gavin Williamson Legal action
  • Jul 23, 2021
NAHT comments on High Court ruling that Secretary of State’s decision on academy order was ‘irrational’
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Academisation Gavin Williamson Legal action
  • Jul 23, 2021
Primary school victory in DfE academy high court battle
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Gavin Williamson Academisation Legal action
  • Jul 23, 2021
Williamson’s ‘irrational’ refusal to revoke academy order quashed by High Court
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Gavin Williamson Academisation Legal action
  • Jul 23, 2021
School fighting academisation can’t demonstrate improvement because of Covid, High Court hears
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Academisation
  • Jul 16, 2021
Baroness Berridge speech to the Sixth Form Colleges Association
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Sixth forms MATs Academisation
  • Jun 22, 2021
Sixth-form colleges should join MATs, says government
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Sixth forms MATs Academisation
  • Jun 22, 2021
Diocesan multi-academy trust pilots
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MATs Academisation
  • May 19, 2021
DfE's 'levelling up' plan: all teachers need to know
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Coronavirus Levelling up Academisation
  • May 19, 2021
The 7 new faith school trusts at the heart of the DfE’s academies drive revealed
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Academisation
  • May 19, 2021
Don't force schools into big academy chains, DfE told
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MATs Academisation Academy trusts Rebrokering
  • Mar 23, 2021
No ‘current’ plans to force schools into multi-academy trusts, says Williamson
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MATs Academy trusts Academisation Gavin Williamson
  • Mar 8, 2021
Williamson wants 'far more schools' moving into MATs
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Academy trusts MATs Academisation
  • Mar 1, 2021
Williamson: Government ‘looking at’ how to get more schools into multi-academy trusts
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Academy trusts MATs Academisation Gavin Williamson
  • Mar 1, 2021
Academy orders can be revoked if schools improve to ‘good’, DfE confirms
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School performance Academisation School improvement
  • Oct 2, 2020
Over a year to turn average failing school into academy
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School performance Academisation Failing schools
  • Jul 29, 2020
DfE to investigate why schools don't become academies
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Academisation
  • Jul 20, 2020
Podcast 85: Has school academisation delivered?
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Podcast Academisation
  • May 31, 2020
The 'deeply challenging' fall-out from academisation
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Academisation
  • Feb 23, 2020
From academisation to zero tolerance via Ken Robinson
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Academisation Zero tolerance
  • Jan 3, 2020
18-month academisation wait for 51 failed schools
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Academisation Academy conversions
  • Nov 28, 2019
Forget academisation and recruit teachers
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Academisation Teacher shortages Education reforms
  • Nov 27, 2019
Parents lose battle to stop academy takeover of Essex school
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Academisation Primary
  • Nov 1, 2019
Call for all schools to be in academy trusts by 2030
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Academisation
  • Oct 3, 2019
Forced academisation is not the answer
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Academisation
  • Oct 2, 2019
Colleges that refuse to become academies in England denied more than £100m a year, analysis finds
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Sixth forms Academisation Funding
  • Sep 8, 2019
Sixth-form colleges will be able to academise, says DfE
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Academisation Sixth forms
  • Jul 24, 2019
DfE officially reopens academisation option for sixth-form colleges
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Sixth forms Academisation
  • Jul 24, 2019
Why new research on the cost of academies vs maintained schools does not stack up
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Academisation
  • Jul 16, 2019
Counting the cost of a fragmented school system
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Academisation Education reforms
  • Jul 16, 2019
Academisation for sixth form colleges – is it worth it?
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Sixth forms Academisation
  • Jul 15, 2019
Sixth-form college takeover of junior school dropped
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Sixth form Academisation
  • Jul 8, 2019
Ofsted: Academisation made the curriculum 'suffer'
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Ofsted Curriculum Academisation
  • Jun 1, 2019
Protests by parents and children stop primary schools from becoming academies
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Academisation Academy conversions Protests Primary
  • May 22, 2019
Academisation: it’s time for the final stage of reform
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Academisation
  • May 14, 2019
John Roan school strike
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Unions Strikes Academisation
  • May 13, 2019
Academisation rebellion: parents resist school takeovers
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Academisation Parents Protests
  • May 5, 2019
Parents and headteachers demand 'education emergency' to stop forced takeover of schools
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Academisation Parents Academies MATs Protests NAHT
  • May 5, 2019
Academy option reopened for sixth-form colleges
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Academisation Academy conversions Sixth forms
  • May 3, 2019
DfE set to reopen academisation option for sixth-form colleges
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Academisation Sixth forms Area reviews Academy conversions
  • May 3, 2019
Ministers have U-turned on 33 attempts to force schools to become academies
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Academisation Academy conversions
  • Apr 5, 2019
Outsourced schools: the Essex mums fighting back (podcast)
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Primary Ofsted ratings Academisation Local authority
  • Mar 25, 2019
Would PM Gove want to finish his unfinished schools revolution?
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Michael Gove Grammar schools Expansion Academisation
  • Mar 22, 2019
As schools are forced to be academies, the will of the people means nothing | Aditya Chakrabortty
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Academisation Academy conversions
  • Jan 30, 2019
Hinds meets with faith leaders to push academisation
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Damian Hinds Faith schools Academisation
  • Jan 29, 2019
‘It’s a dictatorship’ Angry parents fight back against school takeovers
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Academisation Protests
  • Jan 25, 2019
The collapse of democracy in England’s schools | Letters
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Academisation Funding School performance School sponsorship
  • Dec 12, 2018
Union urges Catholic school teachers to resist academy plans
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Unions Faith schools Academies Academisation Funding Academy conversions
  • Dec 11, 2018
The private takeover of schools like this is well under way: 7,000 have gone | Aditya Chakrabortty
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School sponsorship Academisation School performance
  • Dec 5, 2018
A lack of sponsors? Simple, ditch compulsory academisation
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School sponsorship Ofsted Academisation School performance
  • Dec 4, 2018
Stuck schools and 5 other key findings in Ofsted's annual report
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Ofsted Amanda Spielman Stuck schools Ofsted inspections Ofsted ratings Disadvantaged pupils Phonics MATs Off-rolling Pupil exclusions Academisation
  • Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted: 'Halfway house' approach to academisation is not working
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Ofsted Amanda Spielman Academisation DfE School sponsorship MATs
  • Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted’s annual report 2018: Watchdog ‘concerned’ over SEND exclusions, and 8 more findings
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Ofsted Off-rolling SEND Stuck schools Pupil exclusions Academisation School improvement Alternative provision Rebrokering Illegal schools
  • Dec 4, 2018
School system I oversee is a ‘dog’s breakfast’ says Agnew
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DfE Lord Agnew Academisation
  • Nov 29, 2018
Sikh school claims DfE gives it ‘little choice’ in its future
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Faith schools MATs Academisation Free schools Academy trusts
  • Nov 11, 2018
Teachers from London school fight against academisation plans
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Teachers Protests Academisation
  • Nov 7, 2018
Damian Hinds: Pupils would pay the price for Labour's academy plans
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Damian Hinds Angela Rayner Labour Academisation MATs Academies Free schools National Education Service
  • Sep 25, 2018
Angela Rayner’s academies plan is sound policy, but likely won’t satisfy the grassroots
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Angela Rayner Academisation New schools Free schools Accountability Standards
  • Sep 24, 2018
'You want to turn back the clock' Labour plots to stop Tory educations plans
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Labour Angela Rayner National Education Service MATs Free schools Academies Academisation
  • Sep 24, 2018
ASCL comment on Shadow Education Secretary's speech
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Angela Rayner Accountability Standards Academisation
  • Sep 24, 2018
NASUWT comments on Angela Rayner speech
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Angela Rayner Accountability Standards Academisation
  • Sep 24, 2018
Academy chains could be scrapped by Labour
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Labour Angela Rayner Academisation Academies MATs
  • Sep 24, 2018
Labour commits to ending free schools programme, announces Angela Rayner
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Labour Angela Rayner Academisation MATs Academies
  • Sep 24, 2018
Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner plans to axe academies outside council control
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Angela Rayner Academies Academisation New schools Academy conversions
  • Sep 24, 2018
Labour pledges end to academisation
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Labour Angela Rayner Academisation
  • Sep 23, 2018
Labour will end academisation, says shadow education secretary
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Angela Rayner Academisation New schools Funding
  • Sep 23, 2018
Labour pledges end to academisation
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Angela Rayner Academisation Policy Free schools Academy conversions
  • Sep 23, 2018
Calls to put a stop to the academisation of schools | Letters
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Academisation
  • Jul 31, 2018
Academisation of state education has reduced freedom and autonomy for schools
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Academisation Funding State schools
  • Jun 6, 2018
Heads tell Hinds: 'Now end forced acadamisation of inadequate schools'
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Academisation DfE Accountability Damian Hinds
  • May 4, 2018
Accountability shake-up means end of forced academisation for poor results
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Accountability Academisation School performance
  • May 4, 2018
Analysis: Has the pressure been lifted from thousands of schools?
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Ofsted ratings Academisation Inspections
  • May 4, 2018
Catholic sixth-form colleges demand academisation protection
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Catholic Sixth forms Academisation
  • Apr 13, 2018
Major Catholic academisation plans held up by doubters
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Academisation Church schools
  • Mar 16, 2018
ASCL calls for overhaul of system for judging primary schools
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Primary Assessments Curriculum Standards Academisation
  • Mar 2, 2018
'Scant' evidence that forced primary academisation works, say heads
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Academisation Primary Exams Accountability
  • Mar 2, 2018
ASCL comment on NAO’s academisation report
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Academisation Academy conversions School sponsorship
  • Feb 22, 2018
A £745m bill and 15 other National Audit Office findings on academisation
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NAO Academisation School sponsorship DfE
  • Feb 22, 2018
Future of academisation in doubt, spending watchdog warns
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Academisation DfE Free schools Funding Academy conversions
  • Feb 22, 2018
Strike goes ahead as school rejects Acas intervention
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Strikes Academisation Academy conversions
  • Feb 12, 2018
Northern education leaders hit back at Wilshaw claim of ‘miserable’ standards
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Michael Wilshaw Academisation Standards North Northern Powerhouse School performance
  • Feb 7, 2018
Derbyshire teachers to strike
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Teachers Strikes Academisation Protests Working conditions
  • Feb 6, 2018
Wilshaw: Academisation failing to boost 'miserable' standards in the North
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Academisation Standards North-south divide Disadvantaged pupils Northern Powerhouse
  • Feb 5, 2018
Forced academisation of primary schools is 'immoral'
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Academisation Primary schools Academies Accountability Ofsted
  • Nov 22, 2017
Academisation in jeopardy due to excessive pay, warns Sir Michael Wilshaw
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Academisation Michael Wilshaw Academies Headteachers Pay Finances MATs
  • Nov 17, 2017
Academisation makes it harder for local schools to work together
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Schools Week Schools Academies Academisation Local authority schools Teacher recruitment
  • Oct 4, 2017