MATs

Fears about the DfE’s new RISE model prove all players in the system need to be proactive around the challenge of school improvement, says this MAT CEO

Labour’s opportunity mission provides a platform for education to pull together in pursuit of a system in which all children can achieve and thrive, says CST chief Leora Cruddas

MAT plans that have been months or years in the making could be thrown into turmoil by the withdrawal of a ‘vital’ fund, warn leaders

The government wants more pupils with SEND to be supported in mainstream schools, but most teachers say their training did not equip them to meet these children’s needs

The removal of the grant to support conversions of maintained schools into academies could slow down trust growth and make small trusts untenable, find Ellen Peirson-Hagger and Jasmine Norden

Leaders say they hope to support children earlier in life as the government rolls out school-based nursery funding

Leaders call for ‘solutions’ and an ‘end point’ in any future reforms of the SEND system

The Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) plan is poorly thought through and exposes a wider issue of the government’s relationship with trusts, argues Jon Severs

Our How I Lead series asks education leaders to reflect on their career, experience and leadership philosophy. This month, we talk to Becks Boomer-Clark, CEO of Lift Schools

In our ‘My Week As’ series, a senior sector leader reveals what a typical week looks like in their role. Here, we talk to Claire Heald

Leora Cruddas, CEO of the Confederation of School Trusts, tells MAT leaders they have embraced mission to educate disadvantaged pupils

Sir Kevan Collins tells the Confederation of School Trusts’ conference that ‘we’ve sometimes slipped into a shallow compliance culture’