Speed read
A diary from the world of education
School whistleblowers, your cover is blown
In our diary: Staff member who accused headteacher of misconduct says request for anonymity ignored. Plus: DfE silent on cost of free schools
Failing Spurs-sponsored school costs taxpayer £500,000 rent a year
In our diary: the staggering cost of one secondary school. Plus: riding the academy gravy train – first class | Warwick Mansell
Toby Young’s flagship free school trust woos other schools amid financial chill
In our diary: Governors’ minutes reveal 60% of parents at Toby Young’s school were paying £35 a month extra, helping meet £44,000 deficit on a hockey trip
‘Low life’ in education department sparks grammar school Twitter storm
In our diary: Conservative peer slates DfE for misleading use of stats. Plus: how many Catholics does a new school need?
Has critical funding report taken shine off Bright Tribe academy chain?
In our diary: Education Funding Agency puts spotlight on once-lauded chain; plus: Four Weddings and a controversial school
Child kept in isolation for whole term at ‘lunch row’ school
In our diary: Michaela community school pupil punished over parents’ dinner payments; plus academy chain reluctant to put reputation on line
Parents’ fury as primary school prepares for surprise influx of secondary pupils
In our diary: More tales of chaotic temporary free school arrangements; plus Dame Rachel de Souza and her bid to bring policy to the people
Theresa May’s chief of staff wants more free schools where they’re not needed
In our diary: Nick Timothy’s plan to marketise education by opening schools where there is no shortage of places; plus, Bright Tribe academy chain keeps up the head count
Ed Balls dances to new beat on education policy in autobiography
In our diary: Former minister rues pupil upheavals; plus no record of change at Durand Academy Trust
Academy trust paid out £700,000 to firm owned by chief executive
In our diary: Collective Spirit Trust pays large sum for services; another trust pays consultancy fee to firm set up by chair of trustees; plus academy chain misses accounts deadline
UK’s ‘biggest property startup’: the Department for Education
In our diary: Advert reveals new DfE property firm, LocateED; plus headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh partially backs down in row over unpaid dinner money
Council leader says cash paid for London free school site is ‘staggering waste’
In our diary: £33.5m paid for office block to house Islington school; DfE shells out high rent for academy; Mats’ budget league table
Petition for referendum on academies scheme cuts no ice
In our diary: Department for Education wins prize for persistence; academy chains to replace governing bodies; row after free school move delayed by planning mix-up
Academy chiefs offer ‘impartial’ advice on … academies
In our diary: how a new thinktank might not be thinking of much new, plus one governor and two hats
All-academy future: the drive continues
In our diary: schools commissioners carry on converting; backlash as a ‘good’ school faces takeover. And Bright Tribe: accounting questions
Government presses on with plan for all-academy England
In our diary: Commissioners still pushing all-academy system; free school postcode lottery; council thwarts plan for school in police station
Suffolk’s Tory council cries foul over new middle school plan
In our diary: A return to three-tier education?; language cuts; airport offers a flying new start; and Harris school’s ‘ridiculous’ teacher turnover
Catholic academy accused of turning into ‘brutal exam factory’
In our diary: Parent complains school has lost caring, Christian ethos; Nicky Morgan in a muddle; and trust reviews procedures after director’s racist language
Racist language as academy chief has a Clarkson moment
Creative Education Trust director of education used offensive term in meeting with senior colleagues
Will government plans lead to 1,000 academy chiefs paid £150,000+?
In our diary: schools commissioner estimates payroll costs of academisation; Bromley council switches off the lights; and an exciting week for Dame Rachel de Souza
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