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  Charity begins at school

  Dynamic sponsor behind rejuvenated secondary schools aims to offer an inclusive Oasis of learning. Francis Beckett reports.

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  Academy schools: a matter of conflict

  Nov 28 2008:

  Jim Knight and John Bangs deliver contrasting opinions on the PricewaterhouseCoopers evaluation of academy schools

• Government launches inquiry into academy funds allegations

  Nov 28 2008:

  Multi-faith charity is accused of mismanaging contracts worth millions of pounds of taxpayers' money

• Despite sponsors and high pay for teachers, there is no 'academy effect'

  Nov 27 2008:

  • Academies have not disadvantaged local schools, they are increasingly teaching national curriculum rather than taking radical approach

• Pre-budget report: Construction

  Nov 25 2008:

  Fast track for £800m of school building work - but fears grow for £45bn programme's fate

• Academy success

  Nov 17 2008:

  Letter: It's just not true that academies are taking fewer pupils from poorer backgrounds

• Academies' selection: 'The proportion of poor students went from 45% to 29%'

  Audio (3min 41sec), Nov 14 2008:

  Polly Curtis reports that academies are taking fewer poor students

• Academies accused of covert selection as number of poorer pupils falls

  Nov 14 2008:

  Results improve but proportion of pupil admissions from poorest homes shrinks, reveals independent inquiry

• Silence in class

  Cartoon, Nov 11 2008:

  Lines: Ros Asquith on academy school sponsors

• Academy expansion under threat

  Nov 5 2008:

  Government plans to expand the number of academies to 400 are under threat from a series of legal challenges brought by parents

• School for deaf children faces further hurdles

  Oct 14 2008:

  Why do parents and teachers of a nearby primary oppose a merger with threatened school? Julie Bindel reports

• Academy sponsor in bid to pull out

  Oct 10 2008:

  Future of failing Middlesbrough private-sponsored school in doubt as backers feel credit crunch

• Adonis reshuffle 'will delay' academies

  Oct 6 2008:

  Labour accused of slowing schools reforms by moving minister; Bill Rammell moves to Foreign Office

• The truth about our schools

  Oct 4 2008:

  Melissa Benn: David Cameron should look at what's really going on in our education system if he is serious about mending our 'broken society'

• Homework truths

  Sep 29 2008:

  Open thread: An academy school has scrapped homework on the grounds that it is counterproductive. Is this a good idea?

• Awash with ideas

  Sep 23 2008:

  Fran Abrams finds James Dyson in combative mood as he prepares for battle to get his design school built

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