Join us to chat through the biggest stories in the education sector from the past seven days, including:
Callum Mason discusses how the government’s target for all schools to be in a multi-academy trust by 2030 is in jeopardy because financial pressures have forced trusts to halt expansion.
Leaders in special sectors are concerned that squeezed budgets could lead to staff cuts that impact on the safety of pupils or employees.
Exclusive: Schools minister urged to remove the requirement for schools to subsidise 40 per cent of tutoring costs to increase take-up.
The former national schools commissioner explains why fewer primary schools have joined multi-academy trusts - and how they need to be convinced, not compelled, to make the move.
New guidance has been introduced by the Equality and Human Rights Commission on preventing hair discrimination in schools. Education lawyer Theresa Kerr explains what this means for senior leaders and governors.