Digging around in the undergrowth of schools reform in England Warwick Mansell's news and analysis site
Revealed: primary pupils at former minister’s traditionalist academy chain receiving no computing or RE lessons and two per week for science - but 19 in history, English and Latin
Hereditary principle kicking in at Harris Federation
School closely controlled by major multi-academy trust receives appalling Ofsted report
England’s most well-paid academy leader breaks the £450k barrier
Revealed: the top 10 richest people influential in England’s academy trusts (combined wealth: £9 billion)
Nearly 40 academy trusts failing to follow Department for Education “recommendations” on separation of governance powers
Academy trusts not living up to government governance ideals show up the weakness of regulation, and how these are effectively private organisations
Academy “sponsors” among leading donors to Boris Johnson this year
Is it right for state schools to be under the control of a few individuals?
Education’s new royal family: how control of England’s second- largest chain of academies will pass to the family of its founder upon his death
Businessmen in near-complete control of schools educating more than 100,000 pupils, new analysis by Education Uncovered shows
Set-up of three of England’s largest academies trusts appears not to follow new Department for Education rules
Revealed: How DfE allowed collapsed academy trust, now in spotlight over related party payments, to be controlled by only two people
Is academisation privatisation? Just look at the control structures
Academy trust encouraged to increase the degree of separation between trustees and members
A look at how governance structures handed near-complete control of two groups of state-funded schools to wealthy academy sponsors
