MATs

A new requirement for trusts to work together brings up the question of how to do that well. Professor Michael Green breaks down four approaches to collaboration that deliver real impact

The experience of colleges with government pay controls suggests academy trusts will be left in limbo waiting for executive salaries to be approved, leader warns

Trusts running specialist schools come in a range of shapes and sizes – but how are they evolving and what role will they play in the government’s SEND reforms?

The Queen Street Group of MATs also highlights calls for trust-wide approaches to AI

Draft documents set out examples of what might be seen as ‘reasonable’ and ‘unreasonable’ adjustments for pupils with SEND, as part of the government’s drive to increase inclusion in mainstream schools

Three trust leaders tell Tes about their first month in the job – what surprised them, what they learned and the advice that helped them through it

‘Shocking’ findings show confidence in the trust system has fallen for the first time in years, National Governance Association boss reveals

Energy consultants escalate dispute over new academy trust rules and accuse the DfE of unfairly steering schools away from brokers

DfE publishes detailed framework explaining how its controls on academy executive salaries will work

The former multi-academy trust leader talks to Tes about his career path to becoming CEO of GEMS School Management, his plan to open 100 international schools and why the secret of school success is the same in Zanzibar or Sunderland

Amid ongoing calls to rethink how Ofsted operates, a senior trust leader says it’s vital that school leaders are supported by the wider organisation before, during and after any inspection

Financial sustainability has fallen from being trusts’ top strategic priority, findings reveal, while SEND is a big priority for leaders in the year ahead