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Ofsted report on beleaguered academy leaves sources feeling trust running it, set up by former minister, has escaped accountability
Attention switches to pending Ofsted judgment on Pimlico Academy, with its former head now revealed in senior role at trust running it
Future’s Pimlico Academy agrees that its management will receive local authority support next year, as strike is called off
Teachers’ strike at Pimlico Academy may be called off, as school accepts case for staff governor
Selection of DfE loyalist Jo Saxton as government’s choice for Ofqual post invites questions about experience, independence
Tory peer’s academy trust’s non-mention of Labour Party in British history textbook fails to arouse DfE interest
History textbook, taught to pupils at Future Academies primary schools, described as “horrifying” by subject experts
Possible strike action at Future’s Pimlico Academy, following teacher vote
Ofsted: academies not teaching a national curriculum subject will not necessarily have it disclosed in inspection reports
Mass exodus of teaching staff at Future Academies primary which was chosen as face of government’s post-lockdown communications drive
CEO’s claim that threat to exclude students for protest was “exaggerated” by media contradicted by principal’s letter, sent to families
Former academies minister warns parents that any more student “disobedience” at crisis school he founded will lead to “disciplinary action”
Traditionalist academy chain scraps its controversial extended day
“Silent corridors”, and an entirely white management team and board, face pupils at ethnically diverse protest school
Academy trust tells government it does teach RE – though pupil timetables show it as absent
Academy trust removes exercises mentioning suicide from primary children’s textbooks, following coverage by Education Uncovered
“It’s as if none of the writings about children’s understanding in history published in the past half century had ever been written”
Charities offer little comment on textbooks asking children to imagine themselves as historical figures about to kill themselves
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
“Brought to you by the UK government”: Tory peer’s academy features in post-lockdown media advertorials. But reality very different, say insiders
Ofsted-outstanding primary, controlled by Conservative peer’s academy chain, poised to appoint its eighth headteacher in five years
Government’s u-turn on school closures this month contributed to the food parcels row, multi-academy trust catering firm states
Exclusive: Boris Johnson appears to mislead MPs about the freedom schools had to offer vouchers, rather than parcels, to free school meals children
“Hordes” of children in London secondary school’s corridors before and after lessons, teacher warns, indicating colleagues are arriving late for lessons because of covid risks
School improves Covid safety procedures following Education Uncovered reporting
Lord Nash’s academy trust takes on another school, despite facing multiple local and governance controversies
Covid concerns at Future Academies’ flagship school “prompted visit from Health and Safety Executive”
Future Academies school seems not to comply with governance stipulations in its Articles of Association
Concerns raised about Covid response of primary school within former minister’s academy chain
Future Academies board now appears to consist of its founder, his wife and former education or business associates
Future Academies governance rules seem to underscore the tight control of its board and management
Head arrives at under-pressure secondary academy seemingly without experience of working in state education
Clear-out of governors at school recently taken over by Lord Nash’s Future Academies, as headteacher announces he’s leaving, too
“We were treated like numbers on a spreadsheet”, says supply teacher now being paid 80 per cent of salary not to work
Head of government’s free schools property company awarded £30k-plus bonus, to take remuneration package to nearly £240,000
Boris Johnson to return to compulsory mass academisation? If he remembers what happened last time, he ought to be aware it would be highly unpopular
Pay of CEO of leading academy trust stays at £150k-plus, while second-highest pay jumps by at least 25 per cent, newly-published accounts reveal
Ex-minister’s academy chain scrambles to update its official governance information, after this website asks questions
Tory donor’s academy chain in line to swallow up second Tory donor’s academy chain
Primary aspect of major government curriculum pilot led by only three schools, DfE announcement suggests
Man in the spotlight: Dr Matthew Laban
Local MP intervened against seemingly popular local option in forced academy case, FOI disclosures show
Forced academy takeover a “risk”, minutes show government decision-maker conceding
Details emerge of former minister’s academy trust’s vision to “embed” knowledge curriculum in its primaries
Ex-minister’s academy chain appears not to have walked his talk on separation between members and trustees
Voices ring out in unison against forced academy plan involving ex-minister’s chain
Tory peer involved in discussions about school, now lined up for his academy trust, with three Department for Education ministers, DfE discloses
Former minister’s academy trust seemingly still not in line with DfE governance ideals
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