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1 Jul 15
High-performing council schools should be able to sponsor struggling schools without taking on academy status, the Local Government Association has said.
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30 Jun 15
Hundreds of “coasting” schools risk being turned into academies under new strict measures announced today.
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26 May 15
Government plans to intervene in ‘coasting’ schools must include an expanded role for councils to hold academies and free schools to account, the Local Government Association has said.
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30 Apr 15
Five years of radical changes in education policy have created thousands of academy and free schools. But have financial management and governance kept pace?
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31 Mar 15
Senior figures in the academy sector have warned that the government’s free school programme could undermine plans to improve existing institutions.
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27 Mar 15
Day-to-day spending on schools has been ‘remarkably’ well protected under the coalition government, but regardless of who wins the next election cuts of 7% or more are possible, the...
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21 Jan 15
The auditor general has given the Department for Education an adverse opinion after concluding it failed to meet Parliament’s accountability requirements on academy spending.
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9 Oct 14
CIPFA has launched a one-stop-shop for finance professionals and accountable officers working in academies to access best practice and guidance to help them manage public resources.
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17 Sep 14
Academy trusts are not doing enough to mitigate the risk of conflict of interest between schools and sponsors, while some rules intended to protect public money are ‘largely meaningless’, according...
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26 Mar 14
Once Sir Michael Wilshaw was hailed as ‘a real hero’ by Education Secretary Michael Gove. So what left him ‘spitting blood’ in a battle with the Department for Education? The...
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13 Dec 13
‘Freedom’ from council control does not mean an abdication of responsibility. Academies and free schools need to improve their approaches to both governance and financial probity
1 Jul 15High-performing council schools should be able to sponsor struggling schools without taking on academy status, the Local Government Association has said.
30 Jun 15Hundreds of “coasting” schools risk being turned into academies under new strict measures announced today.
26 May 15Government plans to intervene in ‘coasting’ schools must include an expanded role for councils to hold academies and free schools to account, the Local Government Association has said.
30 Apr 15Five years of radical changes in education policy have created thousands of academy and free schools. But have financial management and governance kept pace?
31 Mar 15Senior figures in the academy sector have warned that the government’s free school programme could undermine plans to improve existing institutions.
27 Mar 15Day-to-day spending on schools has been ‘remarkably’ well protected under the coalition government, but regardless of who wins the next election cuts of 7% or more are possible, the...
9 Oct 14CIPFA has launched a one-stop-shop for finance professionals and accountable officers working in academies to access best practice and guidance to help them manage public resources.
26 Mar 14Once Sir Michael Wilshaw was hailed as ‘a real hero’ by Education Secretary Michael Gove. So what left him ‘spitting blood’ in a battle with the Department for Education? The...
