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Former Steiner free school sees pupil numbers fall by 36 per cent in nine months as trust board raises alarm about financial implications
“Chaos” as primary school’s executive board chair resigns, only for council to announce the next day that it will press on with academisation
Academy trust partially backs down on introduction of school uniforms after parental uproar – but families say it is still going against its promise to them
Parents outraged after academy trust reneges on promise not to introduce uniforms at their children’s schools this academic year
Details of yet more DfE spending at three former Steiner free schools emerge
Academy trust, hit by rash of pupil departures following takeover of former Steiner schools, hands out advice on home education
Parents vote with their feet after three former Steiner free schools lose their distinctive ethos
Academy trust “scraps creative subjects mid-course”, at free school which was founded to emphasise creativity
Government pumped more than £1 million into takeover of three former Steiner free schools, while overall academy deficit write-offs nearly trebled in 2019-20
Clear-out of staff at former Steiner free schools leaves parents dismayed
Long-awaited curriculum review at three former Steiner free schools effectively kills off the educational approach on which they were founded
Steiner free schools debacle shows failure of government drive to promote genuine “diversity” in state system
Family asks why Steiner ethos of no formal literacy teaching in early years has been ditched, in former Steiner free school
No room at the inn? Academy trust discussed not taking in SEND children
Closure of secondary sections of two former Steiner academies confirmed
Could other schools be at threat after DfE described two-form entry model of secondary sections of two free schools as “unviable”?
Government required incoming trust to launch review, on grounds of “financial viability”, which may close secondary sections of three small former Steiner academies
