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New: Astrea seeks new executive head on six figures – as fourth layer of managerial hierarchy above its Cambridgeshire schools educationuncovered.co.uk/news/170306/as…
Tory MP tells local paper he is "deeply troubled" about findings of a survey of 566 parents about education provision at town's two secondaries, run by Astrea Academy Trust. Seems to be calling for at least one to be allowed to leave the trust. huntspost.co.uk/news/24286563.…
Goodness me! A MAT retains 25.9% of a school's funding for its "top slice". Is this a record? sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/ha…
“The Trust wants to change everything that was working so well. They’ve up-turned a perfectly brilliant school.” stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-…
Aspirations Academies Trust in spotlight again. Worth mentioning that the trust has two £200k-plus earners as well, with Steve and Paula Kenning paid £445,000 between them in 2022-23. schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-trust-…
Apparently, MATs are worried about 'reputational risk'. Bit late for that. Fat cats once again making hay while schools can't afford Pritt Sticks for the children. And there are still some who try to defend this policy. schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-trust-…
Yesterday was the first day in a judicial review of an Ofsted inspection of a secondary school in Dunstable - see here for a summary by my colleague bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
Exclusive: The full story behind one of the biggest academy trust collapses will remain secret after its founder dropped a legal challenge because allegations would have been made public buff.ly/3wclbrR
Soulless, just like the people that are the designers of this rubbish.
Soulless, just like the people that are the designers of this rubbish.
‘Forcing schools into MATs has nothing whatsoever to do with improving the quality of education.’ Because privatisation of children’s services has been a disaster across the board, leading to profiteering& depersonalisation. theguardian.com/education/2024…
New: Harris Federation teachers speak of being at “breaking point” over workload educationuncovered.co.uk/news/168621/ha… Staff working for England’s second-largest academy chain, on handed over 1,000-signature collective letter seeking improvements, spoke to me about their working conditions.
Hands off Byron Court Primary School in Brent. A community that continues to campaign for its school to remain part of Brent's family of schools. Support the school, reinspect and then revoke the academy order. kilburntimes.co.uk/news/24256518.…
Have been interested in staff turnover by school for a long time, though the data has been hard to come across. So this is v interesting. theguardian.com/education/2024… @DanielKebedeNEU also of course right to criticise DfE's "obsession with forcing schools into trusts".
What a wonderful campaign to keep Byron Court a local community school. Today, outside the school, the NEU's National President made clear the NEU's commitment to fight the attempt to forcibly academise the school (picture of child with permission of parent - a NHS worker).
And with the increasing number of smaller MATs being swallowed up by the monster MATs, this can only get worse. A new government needs to set education on a path where academies can be returned to local, democratic control. #EndAcademisation theguardian.com/education/2024…
Ark can dissemble as much as it wants. A fish rots from the head down. schoolsweek.co.uk/sir-paul-marsh…
I don't usually tweet about this, fearing pile-ons from those saying you can't really understand if you don't currently teach in a school. There is an element of truth in that - being in schools can be tough. But a friend who knows a lot about education & has a child in KS3..1/
New: Staff calling on Sir Paul Marshall to be removed as chair of Ark Schools educationuncovered.co.uk/news/169526/st… Petition argues Sir Paul is “no longer a fit and proper person” to chair the chain, following his likes and reposts of material as highlighted by Hope not Hate.
Good report and the parents are clear - Hands Off Byron Court Primary School in Brent. mylondon.news/news/north-lon…
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And the obvious question? Why did so many small trusts and standalone academies believe the ideologues when they spouted their nonsense about academisation bringing greater freedoms? schoolsweek.co.uk/small-academy-…
Tory MP tells local paper he is "deeply troubled" about findings of a survey of 566 parents about education provision at town's two secondaries, run by Astrea Academy Trust. Seems to be calling for at least one to be allowed to leave the trust. huntspost.co.uk/news/24286563.…
And the MAT's name? The Flourish Learning Trust. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-688973…
@johncosgrove405 This is yet another scandal that has been threatening to break for a very long time. @YorksBylines @BylineTimes yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/education…
Goodness me! A MAT retains 25.9% of a school's funding for its "top slice". Is this a record? sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/ha…
“The Trust wants to change everything that was working so well. They’ve up-turned a perfectly brilliant school.” stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-…
I see MAT executive perks are in the news again. Nothing will change until school management is turned over to communities, with parents, teachers& community reps back on governing bodies again. @YorksBylines @BylineTimes yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/education…
Aspirations Academies Trust in spotlight again. Worth mentioning that the trust has two £200k-plus earners as well, with Steve and Paula Kenning paid £445,000 between them in 2022-23. schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-trust-…
Apparently, MATs are worried about 'reputational risk'. Bit late for that. Fat cats once again making hay while schools can't afford Pritt Sticks for the children. And there are still some who try to defend this policy. schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-trust-…
Yesterday was the first day in a judicial review of an Ofsted inspection of a secondary school in Dunstable - see here for a summary by my colleague bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
Exclusive: The full story behind one of the biggest academy trust collapses will remain secret after its founder dropped a legal challenge because allegations would have been made public buff.ly/3wclbrR
Every time I post about things like being sent home for the wrong shoes, and behaviour apps where parents are alerted to their kids going to the toilet, and teenagers being sent to isolation for the wrong hair cut, people tell me that this is only the minority of schools and I’m…
It appears that British schools are spending a lot of time controlling exactly which black shoes teenagers are allowed to wear, and their parents are frustrated about it. This is effectively control of their parents, since they are buying the shoes and many are told at short…
@Dr_Pam_Jarvis Overall conclusion: **MATs perform no better than LA schools** For the record, there are excellent smaller MATs, with whom I work, but the **huge cost** & clear depersonalisation caused by the larger MATs has left a scar on the educational landscape. They should be dismantled.
‘Forcing schools into MATs has nothing whatsoever to do with improving the quality of education.’ Because privatisation of children’s services has been a disaster across the board, leading to profiteering& depersonalisation. theguardian.com/education/2024…
New: Harris Federation teachers speak of being at “breaking point” over workload educationuncovered.co.uk/news/168621/ha… Staff working for England’s second-largest academy chain, on handed over 1,000-signature collective letter seeking improvements, spoke to me about their working conditions.
Hands off Byron Court Primary School in Brent. A community that continues to campaign for its school to remain part of Brent's family of schools. Support the school, reinspect and then revoke the academy order. kilburntimes.co.uk/news/24256518.…
Have been interested in staff turnover by school for a long time, though the data has been hard to come across. So this is v interesting. theguardian.com/education/2024… @DanielKebedeNEU also of course right to criticise DfE's "obsession with forcing schools into trusts".
What a wonderful campaign to keep Byron Court a local community school. Today, outside the school, the NEU's National President made clear the NEU's commitment to fight the attempt to forcibly academise the school (picture of child with permission of parent - a NHS worker).
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