Digging around in the undergrowth of schools reform in England Warwick Mansell's news and analysis site
Schools reformer Mark Lehain faces battle to become Tory MP, in city which has proven stony ground for free schools
Why were only 12 academy trusts written to over high pay?
Digging underneath the Ofsted-outstanding rating for one of London’s smaller new primary schools
Long wait for Ofsted report on flagship school of one of England’s largest academy chains
Academy chains taking over the free schools project
Rolling news blog, week of May 7th
School run by large academy trust threatened with closure. Down the road, new free school, run by same trust, recently opened
Man in the spotlight: Dr Matthew Laban
Another Inspiration Trust primary said to be facing Ofsted inspection pressure
Teachers and parents at forced academy primary lambast incoming trust over plans to extend the school day
Former free school’s posthumous league table triumph re-ignites community’s anger
Should working several days a week in a school office be a voluntary position?
Possible tensions behind the departure of the Inspiration Trust’s curriculum guru
Investigating the bulge in catchment area of £14m primary free school
Education’s new firefighter: the many roles of Angela Barry
Staff not being replaced, parents being asked for cash and even Gove’s curricular changes having an impact: heads detail funding pressures on their schools
“You couldn’t make it up!" This is how education policy works, 2018-style
Board papers offer more insights into fundraising and financial challenges at Harris Federation
Who is “Mike at Brentwood”?
Rolling news blog, week of June 25th
The major academy chain, its CEO and a handful of its schools’ struggles with super-high staff turnover
Riddle of academy chain’s acquisition of free school site for £1- and the answer
Secondees invited to work “pro bono” at the Department for Education
“National Institute of Education” changes its name
Words of wisdom from a very special adviser
Government’s baseline assessment contract “has only had one bidder”
How the privatisation of school improvement works
Transfer date for academy chain’s schools still unknown
Government’s £10 million baseline assessment contract struggling to attract takers?
Criticism, from an unlikely quarter
New funding announcements: who benefits?
The strange case of Folkestone Academy
The private firm behind the new “National Institute of Education”
Institute for Teaching: more questions
The Institute for Teaching: time for a fuller disclosure?
The minister, the 85-year-old director and the academy support company
Storm clouds gather for the Academies Show
Helicopters, home schooling and...paperclips
