Inspiration Trust earns softer Ofsted report after four-month turnaround

An academy trust founded and once chaired by the academies minister received a softened report from Ofsted after inspectors returned just four months after a damning inspection. Irate union leaders have now suggested the school got “a rehearsal before the … Continue reading →

National Audit Office academies report: The key findings

The system used by the government to convert local authority-maintained schools into academies is under National Audit Office scrutiny. The government spending watchdog has published a report looking at the progress of the academies programme, in the context of recent … Continue reading →

Education funding for teens is vital, Rotherham MP tells Government

MP SARAH Champion has urged the Government to have a rethink of funding for education for young people aged 16 to 19. The Rotherham MP (pictured) has written to the secretary of state for education, Damian Hinds, to urge him … Continue reading →

Prominent academy chains form ‘Northern Alliance’

The new Northern Alliance of Trusts aims to build capacity and improve educational standards in the North of England Five prominent academy trusts in the North of England have created an alliance that formally commits them to work together to … Continue reading →

Education weaknesses writ large

Executive headteacher of 8 local authority primaries paid more than £330,000-a-year An executive headteacher of a federation of local-authority maintained primary schools has been revealed as one of the best-paid school leaders in the country. Sir Craig Tunstall, who leads … Continue reading →

‘The pay-gap between education’s bosses and teachers is vast and growing. Here’s what we need to do’

Some education bosses earn more than 13 times as much as an NQT. Have they lost sight of the noble foundations of the welfare state, asks one celebrated educationalist It was the Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s email subject line – “We … Continue reading →

Staff, not funding to blame for failing children’s services in Rotherham and Doncaster – Ofsted

THREE-QUARTERS of children’s services departments across England, including two in South Yorkshire, are inadequate or require improvement, an Ofsted report has found. The report, which singles out council services in Rotherham and Doncaster, says quality of leadership and not lack … Continue reading →