Multi-academy trust faces questions over its 25 per cent topslice

“We should not cave in to vested interests,” says Labour. Sadly, it has just done so in education.

2 March 2026

Governing party has chosen to side with those running academies, against concerns raised against them at ground level, including over sky-high pay.

“If we have to reveal it, we have to”: How academy trust at centre of behaviour row spent £400,000 on legal fees

27 February 2026

The Mossbourne Federation, which describes itself as having a “no excuses” philosophy of “tough love,” spent the money on bringing in a top barrister to conduct a “parallel” review alongside a statutory safeguarding investigation into behaviour management practice at one of its schools, and on using solicitors to interact with the latter.

DfE move to allow local authorities to set up “school trusts” appears to be a rehash of Conservative government’s 2022 plan

26 February 2026

Measure contained in the 2022 schools bill, which had underpinned the DfE’s second attempt to create an all-academy system but which was abandoned that autumn.

All schools in England to become academies, DfE appears to confirm

25 February 2026

Even schools within new local authority “school trusts” will be academies, the department states having been asked for clarity about moves set out in its white paper.