School News

• MPs tell government to ‘shake up status quo’ on home education July 26, 2021
  MPs have slammed an “astonishing” lack of data on the number of children educated at home, and called for more powers for councils to check on their progress and welfare. School leaders backed calls for the government to introduce a national register of children educated at home, and to investigate a recent rise amid concerns… […]
• Trust rapped over CEO’s ‘wholly irregular’ £38k car payments July 26, 2021
  An academy trust breached funding rules after handing its chief executive “significant” extra benefits without board approval – including a £38,000 car allowance, despite “no evidence a car had been leased”, and a £3,000-a-year healthcare package. The Education and Skills Funding Agency published an investigation report into the Learning Link Multi Academy Trust on Friday.… […]
• Williamson’s ‘irrational’ refusal to revoke academy order quashed by High Court July 23, 2021
  The education secretary’s refusal to revoke an academy order for a primary school in the West Midlands has been ruled “irrational” and quashed by the High Court. Governors of Yew Tree Primary School in Sandwell brought a judicial review of a decision by education secretary Gavin Williamson to refuse to revoke the order imposed on… […]