Legal

20 Feb 2013
Michael Gove in clash over free schools freedom of information requests

Information commissioner clashes with Gove over public’s right to know details of groups who applied to join free schools programme.

10 Feb 2013
Gove under pressure on revelations.

From Guardian
Michael Gove faces accusations that he may have misled parliament over claims of bullying and intimidation by key advisers at the Department for Education.
The Observer can reveal that a senior civil servant in the education secretary’s department has received a secret payoff of about £25,000 out of public funds, after a lengthy grievance procedure involving members of Gove’s team, including his special adviser, Dominic Cummings, and the department’s former head of communications, James Frayne.

26 Mar 2012
Downhills parent takes legal action against dismissal of Governors and unlawful imposition of Interim Executive Board

Susan Moyse, a parent of a child at Downhills primary school, has advised the Secretary of State of her intention to seek a judicial review of the decision to replace the school’s Governing Body with an Interim Executive Board (“IEB”).

28 Nov 2011
Tidemill Academy parents face £200 bill

the Headteacher of Tidemill has “exercised his professional judgment” with a resultant loss of ten days education for every single one of the pupils in his charge, and many working parents are now facing an unexpected fee of £200.

26 Oct 2011
Briefing for Governors and Head teachers

Head teachers and Governors are coming under considerable pressure to convert to Academy status. This Briefing looks at some of the main questions that need to be considered before a school decides to embark on the road to becoming an academy.

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