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Academy trust told by Information Commissioner it “infringed data protection obligations” over wrongful redactions
Inside a governance “hornets nest”: the extraordinary story of couple’s dispute with Catholic school and academy trust
Academy trust chief executive received inflation-busting rise of at least 15 per cent, three times national pay award for teachers
Academy trust unapologetic about policy of sending children with “inappropriate” hairstyles to isolation for three days
Departing teacher delivers scathing criticisms of academy trust’s policies, in school she describes as “totalitarian”
Mother details impact of school’s strict “Positive Discipline” policies on her autistic son, who is no longer attending
Harris Federation teachers speak of being at “breaking point” over workload
More than 1,000 teachers and support staff at Harris Federation sign letter urging improvements to their pay and conditions
Free schools trust urges parents to back Richard Desmond housing development in order to secure the future of their secondary school
School isolation rooms can have severe impacts on pupil mental health, lawyer warns
Pay of leader of Harris academy chain nears £500,000
“It’s like a prison”: teenager tells of experience in isolation room
Secondary school pupil had 20 supply teachers in one subject during a year, at Astrea academy where nine teachers left at Christmas, BBC reports parent as saying
Inspection of traditionalist academy appears not to have analysed its controversial textbooks, or mentioned that children sometimes struggled to “make sense” of factual teaching
Parents told of need to academise as government wants all schools in chains by 2030, despite ministers having ditched this pledge
Pupils at Astrea academy face super-sized classes as trust struggles to cope with teacher exodus
Free school retains its Ofsted-outstanding verdict, despite inspection noting dispute with parents and staff
Focus on attendance may be “making things worse,” psychologist warns