Salary of £250,000, but not required to work during the school holidays? Harris Federation faces questions about position of its super-well-remunerated education leaders

School linked to world-famous children’s hospital sacks union rep, as long-running dispute with staff becomes even more fraught

27 March 2026

National Education Union describes action by Great Ormond Street Hospital School in Camden, North London, as “shameless union busting,” with teachers said no longer to feel safe voicing concerns.

Catholic Church should “put its hand in its pocket” to help out schools which have slumped millions of pounds in the red on its watch, unions say

27 March 2026

Three unions warning about the situation at two academy trusts controlled by the Catholic Diocese of Nottingham, one of which is nearly £10 million in the red, and where the government may also face questions about failures so far under its oversight.

Ofqual refuses to release its evidence to the government’s Curriculum and Assessment Review

24 March 2026

To do so would be to “prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs,” says the exams regulator in response to a freedom of information request from Education Uncovered, prompted by what seemed a cautious statement by the review on cutting the exams burden for young people.

Rash of departures among Harris senior executives prompts the question: why would they leave such well-remunerated posts?

19 March 2026

Nearly half of Harris’s most senior managers left over a 15-month period, accounts disclose. Close analysis may raise questions about possibililty of a gap between salary packages of support service directors and those overseeing its education functions.