More thoughts on 'emergency' payments to academies

Schools Week has looked at some of the details surrounding emergency payments to academies: £12.6m 'emergency' handouts for 22 schools. The article lists the most recent large recipients of the funding - you can find a  full list of schools that received this deficit funding over the last three years here.

Emergency cash flow funding for academies increased in 2013/14

Figures provided by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) show that individual academies needed more than £4 million to plug unexpected holes in their cash flows in 2013/14. This was up from £1 million in 2012/13.

Demand for emergency financial help for academies is decreasing

Deficit funding is a source of emergency funding for academies. In most cases academies do not have to repay this cash. In some cases academies do have to repay the money but this can be done over a longer period than money provided as 'advances of funding' (more detail on this here).

£15k exclusion fine proposed by council - academy excluded 58 in 5 years

From the Nottingham Post: 'The city council is now seeking to re-introduce charging £14,900 after every second permanent exclusion from any school.' The paper reported that 'Since 2009, Djanogly City Academy has excluded 58 students, including 12 last year and eight so far this term.'

NASBM Stephen Morales: unacceptable disparity in SBM pay across the country

From Academies Week (now Schools Week): '...unacceptable disparity in SBM pay across the country.'

£11m Ingleby Manor contract announced

From The Construction Index:'BAM Construction has signed an £11m contract to build new premises for Ingleby Manor Free School and Sixth Form on Teesside.'

FOI on Regional School Commissioners performance indicators

From Academies/Schools Week: 'A freedom of information request to the Department for Education (DfE), however, shows that one of the eight key performance indicators (KPI) for RSCs relates to the number of academies in their region – including among schools not normally targeted for academisation.'

Academy food loophole

From the Daily Mail: 'Tough new rules for school meals came into force in England this week... But they do not currently apply to around 4,000 schools that became academies between September 2010 and last year.'