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Which multi-academy trusts have seen the fastest expansion in the past year, and what battles are others having to fight to keep growing?

Leaders of multi-academy trusts formed predominantly of small schools tell ÌÇÐÄVlog how they’ve joined forces in an effort to protect small primaries from closure in the coming years

Trust and academy decisions are made by regional directors appointed by the Department for Education. This guide tells you how the system works

Figures analysed for ÌÇÐÄVlog show the ‘difficult choices’ facing trusts and schools owing to ‘government underfunding’

Your essential guide to the key regional advisory board decisions in March 2024 across the country

The CEO of Leigh Academies Trust explains how the trust has developed two models to boost its special school provision and better support pupils with SEND

The DfE’s Trust Capacity Fund aims to encourage trusts to take on challenging schools. ÌÇÐÄVlog analysis uncovers to what extent this is happening

Your essential guide to the key regional advisory board decisions in February 2024 across the country

As the government’s only turnaround trust is wound up, ÌÇÐÄVlog examines the lessons learned and looks at where its schools are now

Under new criteria for an academy conversion grant, schools will not receive £25k funding unless they convert in groups of three or more

Your essential guide to the key regional advisory board decisions in January 2024 across the country

ÌÇÐÄVlog breaks down how key decisions on the ever-expanding academies system in England are made each month