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National efforts to make schools more inclusive risk ignoring the huge amount of expertise in the specialist sector, say headteachers

ÌÇÐÄVlog examines the outlook for the academies sector in the West Midlands, as part of our MAT Tracker series delving into regional movements and trends

DfE capital advisers found that smaller trusts and SATs, in particular, often did not have the funds to employ dedicated estates specialists

Nicole McCartney will take over at the 17-school trust in 2025-26, with Marc Jordan stepping down after 15 years in charge

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