Digging around in the undergrowth of schools reform in England Warwick Mansell's news and analysis site
Fact-checking Rachel de Souza
Academy chief executive, who oversaw primary school with the highest number of permanent exclusions on record in England, put forward by government to be the next Children’s Commissioner
Record of high-profile trust, to be handed up to £750,000 by the government to provide “exemplary leadership” training, invites questions
Closure of secondary sections of two former Steiner academies confirmed
“We took our eye off results and focused too much on the knowledge rich curriculum” academy superhead stated in board meeting
Revealed: high exclusion rates at some Inspiration Trust schools
Former governor writes of unsuccessfully seeking answers from trust about exclusion numbers
An uncomfortable truth about exclusions
School run by large academy trust threatened with closure. Down the road, new free school, run by same trust, recently opened
School in minister’s academy trust fails Ofsted inspection
Regional schools commissioner absent from the scene of academies controversies, new data suggest
Another Inspiration Trust primary said to be facing Ofsted inspection pressure
Former free school’s posthumous league table triumph re-ignites community’s anger
Possible tensions behind the departure of the Inspiration Trust’s curriculum guru
Minister’s academy chain offers no answers on destinations of departed students
Controversial merger exposes “risks” of setting up free schools without “basic” need for more places, court papers warn
Parent reveals detail of complaints about behaviour regime at “super-strict” school
“Super-strict” school warns parents to expect detentions when their children join
More than 10 per cent of pupils leave Great Yarmouth Charter Academy in nine months
Ofsted will not disclose number of complaints received about “Meet me at McDonald's” school
Minister’s academy gained “good” Ofsted rating despite large shrinkage in GCSE pupil numbers
“Second-look” Ofsted visit came after official intervention, background notes show
Minister’s school escaped Ofsted-inadequate rating despite some of England’s lowest test results
Government’s baseline assessment contract “has only had one bidder”
Ofsted asks for parental comments…by yesterday
Minister’s academy chain appears not to be following governance “requirements”
Snap analysis: academy governance rules and what they say about the policy as a whole
