Digging around in the undergrowth of schools reform in England Warwick Mansell's news and analysis site
Striking teachers talk of “lack of basic human respect” at chain of free schools
Leaders of two primary academies facing strike action warn of potential “intimidation” of children and colleagues - by their own teachers
Multi-academy trust tried to stop public meeting about the way it operates from taking place
MP planning to raise in Parliament concerns about academy trust’s treatment of SEND pupils
Academy which locks gates in front of toilets during lessons tells parent that many modern workplaces restrict access to the loo
Group of London primaries join capital-wide trend in not going ahead with academisation move
Chain of free schools faces strike action over 37-point list of concerns put together by National Education Union
Conservative academy trust gives year seven pupils an English diet of Homer, Beowulf, Chaucer and Shakespeare alone
“They say I look too young to be a teacher…but it’s fun” Academy trust hires gap-year students to teach lessons
Michaela head told inspectors the school did not teach music in year nine mainly because pupils “are not really interested in the subject
Academy trust defends its use of “supervision room,” after photo prompts fierce debate
Teacher union statement offers extraordinary insight into alleged centralised control at academy trust
Union leader criticises “draconian” behaviour policies at academy, as teachers prepare to strike
Don’t like scripted lessons? Find somewhere else to work, controversial academy director suggests to teachers
Tom Bennett finally breaks silence over researchED’s set-up
DfE behaviour adviser’s company paid “unlawful dividend” of £211,800, accounts reveal
Curriculum-focused Ofsted fails to mention two subjects not being taught at Tory peer’s academy
DfE establishes an “industrial action division” in drive to keep schools open during strikes
