Digging around in the undergrowth of schools reform in England Warwick Mansell's news and analysis site
Meeting records reveal how Gibb, rather than Williamson, intervened in 2020 exam grades crisis – amid discussions with United Learning
Harris academy pleads poverty as it plans to make around 20 posts redundant at London school
Revealed: £120k pay premium for the most senior managers at Harris Federation
Hereditary principle kicking in at Harris Federation
Harris leader’s pay and pensions package tops £525,000-as the chain warns of financial risk it faces from increasing teachers’ starting salaries
Academies depart from Greenwich council advice that schools should close from tonight
“This experience has been horrendous”. Former Harris supply teacher describes the year leading up to being let go by the chain
Harris Federation ended supply teachers’ contracts as coronavirus crisis kicked in
Union members’ call for Harris Federation primaries to put off wider re-opening sparks angry response from chain’s leadership
England’s most well-paid academy leader breaks the £450k barrier
Closure of secondary sections of two former Steiner academies confirmed
Free nursery, provided by property finance charity in partnership with academy chain, “ratchets up” privatisation creep
Anonymous donor gifting £1.5m to Harris academies to pay for subject support, as part of £1.6m a year fundraising windfall, board minutes disclose
Academy “sponsors” Ross and Nash make total of £325,000 in pre-election donations to the Conservative Party
Harris Federation wants its schools to follow Ofsted’s lead and ditch two-year Key Stage 3 – but only where “budget restraints” allow
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
Tory donor’s academy chain in line to swallow up second Tory donor’s academy chain
Harris Federation loses “perfect” Ofsted record, with school inspection report criticising pupil departures, behaviour policy and use of “inappropriate” qualification
Two large academy trusts raise more than £1m a year in fundraising – and schools should consider selling playing fields to raise cash, newsletter suggests
Academy chains taking over the free schools project
Harris academy chain outranks almost all councils in England for number of £100k-plus employees, new data suggest
Revealed: “exceptional” £150k-plus salaries are nearly ubiquitous for leaders of England’s 20 largest academy trusts
Campaigners celebrate departure of trust lined up for forced academy takeover-but what happens now?
Government spent £264m on site costs alone for 33 free schools in London, Land Registry records disclose
Revealed: Fresh evidence of MAT leaders’ pay outstripping that of council education directors
Harris confirms it is closing the sixth form of one of its oldest schools, blaming budget pressures
Raft of controversial changes at Peckham academy challenged by parents
“We want our subjects back,” students protest at Harris Academy Peckham
High-paying Harris Federation moving to close a school sixth-form because of financial pressures
High-paying Harris Federation spent £12m more than it received in income, accounts reveal
