The Telegraph revealed problems at a Wakefield academy in 2011:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8565946/Superhead-praised-by-Michael-Gove-lavished-tens-of-thousands-of-pounds-on-staff.html
Would that level of detail be available in the accounts of a modern academy?
Outwood Grange:
Information Commissioners account of why FOI request worked: http://www.ico.org.uk/~/media/documents/decisionnotices/2012/fs_50430286.ashx
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Goldman Sachs and Michael Gove
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10208384/Goldman-Sachs-star-Jim-ONeill-to-advise-Michael-Gove-in-education-department.html
Telegraph: Jim O'Neill, one of the best known figures in the City, is set to join the board of the Department of Education in the autumn. A formidable economist, Mr O'Neill is the former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, who coined the term "Brics".
Telegraph: Jim O'Neill, one of the best known figures in the City, is set to join the board of the Department of Education in the autumn. A formidable economist, Mr O'Neill is the former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, who coined the term "Brics".
Observer: Academy Enterprise Trust (AET) payments to trustees
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jul/20/education-school-academies-michael-gove
The country's largest taxpayer-funded academy chain, which was recently criticised for its poor performance in managing schools, has paid nearly £500,000 into the private business interests of its trustees and executives.
An investigation by the Observer has uncovered a series of payments over the past three years to companies in which those running the Academy Enterprise Trust (AET), a registered charity, have a beneficial interest.
The country's largest taxpayer-funded academy chain, which was recently criticised for its poor performance in managing schools, has paid nearly £500,000 into the private business interests of its trustees and executives.
An investigation by the Observer has uncovered a series of payments over the past three years to companies in which those running the Academy Enterprise Trust (AET), a registered charity, have a beneficial interest.
ES: Hackney primaries and contracts for boyfriend
Evening Standard:
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/education/superhead-hailed-magnificent-by-michael-gove-suspended-after-contracts-went-to-his-boyfriends-it-firm-8736007.html
Evening Standard: A superhead described by education secretary Michael Gove as “magnificent” has been suspended after it emerged that his boyfriend heads a company that provides IT services to his schools. Greg Wallace was suspended as executive principal of a federation of five primary schools in Hackney, east London, last week. IT services were supplied to the schools, which were poised to become a chain of academies, by C2 Technology, a firm headed by Tony Zangoura, Wallace’s boyfriend. It had details about Michael Gove and his adviser Henry de Zoete. Hackney Gazette: http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/concerns_over_hackney_superhead_s_five_school_academy_bid_1_1799811
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/education/superhead-hailed-magnificent-by-michael-gove-suspended-after-contracts-went-to-his-boyfriends-it-firm-8736007.html
Evening Standard: A superhead described by education secretary Michael Gove as “magnificent” has been suspended after it emerged that his boyfriend heads a company that provides IT services to his schools. Greg Wallace was suspended as executive principal of a federation of five primary schools in Hackney, east London, last week. IT services were supplied to the schools, which were poised to become a chain of academies, by C2 Technology, a firm headed by Tony Zangoura, Wallace’s boyfriend. It had details about Michael Gove and his adviser Henry de Zoete. Hackney Gazette: http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/concerns_over_hackney_superhead_s_five_school_academy_bid_1_1799811
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