AET shelves academy merger to save money

AET has shelved merger plans for two academies and appointed new heads - reports the Essex Chronicle  (story from July 20)

West London Free School changes

This story from Hammersmith Today describes changes in structure at the West London Free School (now a multi-academy trust or MAT) and the reasons for the recent change in heads - with recently appointed Hywel Jones taking over from Dame Sally Coates who stood in after Thomas Packer and Sam Naismith.

Academy restructure puts teaching assistants in 'redundancy pool'

From Western Gazette: 'Preston Academy (Yeovil) confirmed this week that the future of 15 of its teaching assistants was in doubt in a bid to comply with the Special Educational Needs code of practice.