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.'

Daily Mail quadruples size of Haberdashers' Aske's fraud and names suspect

The Daily Mail has claimed that an accountant called Samuel Kaymode has been told by the High Court to pay back £4.1 million to Haberdashers' Aske's - the paper said he had worked at the federation's Hatcham College since 1997.

Trusts approached to run 'Trojan Horse' academies

Jahangir Akbar, acting principal of Oldknow Academy, one of five schools put into special measures following Ofsted 'Trojan Horse' inspections (four of the five were academies) 'said he believed at least one trust which runs academies in Birmingham had already been approached about taking over schools' - according to the Daily Mail.

Discovery Free School to close

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25369094 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/free-school-close-michael-gove-2924512

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/dec/13/government-shuts-free-school-discovery-west-sussex


"Lord Nash said in a letter to the school's governors. "I have no confidence that the academy trust plans will enable it to recruit and retain the high-quality permanent staff and senior leadership that it needs in order to improve at a rapid pace,""

 The Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2523260/Flagship-free-school-close-ALL-teachers-accused-giving-bad-lessons.html


"One of the Government’s first flagship free schools was axed yesterday after inspectors condemned its poor teaching standards. The Discovery New School in Crawley, West Sussex, was among the first free schools to open under the Coalition in 2011."

Gove delaying kent grammar school decision for legal reasons

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2512932/New-super-grammar-break-law-Gove-told-Expansion-stopped-breach-rules-mean-new-grammars-built.html

The Daily Mail said: "If Mr Gove eventually approves the plans it is likely to open the floodgates for similar applications by other local authorities. He will also face accusations from Labour that he is expanding the selective system by the back door and condemning children who fail the 11-plus exam to a second-rate education."

Pupils on free school meals can jump admissions queue

Daily Mail: 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2415333/Grammar-schools-bribed-ministers-let-poorer-pupils-jump-queue-oversubscribed-places.html

In Buckinghamshire, Aylesbury Grammar, Aylesbury High School and Sir Henry Floyd Grammar are giving priority to children granted free school meals because their families are on benefits or earn less than £16,190.