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Sleazy deals at academy schools have seen unaccountable managers siphon off thousands in public cash to buy “services” provided by themselves, top MPs warned yesterday.
The system’s murky underbelly was laid bare in a report to the education select committee which found “questionable practices” with “very large sums of public money” being paid to trust board members and their companies.
Tory committee chair Graham Stuart said it had exposed “a number of loopholes” that cast doubt on whether privately managed academies had breached rules dictating that services can only be provided “at cost” and not for profit.
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
A teaching delegation to Cuba offered IAN DUCKETT a powerful glimpse into a schooling system defined by care, creativity and the legacy of the island’s remarkable 1961 literacy campaign
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK