Private schools who are members of the Headmasters' and Headmistress' Conference have their own inspection system called the Independent Schools' Inspectorate and this is specifically … (View Post)

Certainly not. They should hire world-leading private tutors at very reasonable hourly rates to do it for them. (Seriously, yes, they should.) (View Post)

Debts run up by the sponsors, borrowed against future income as far as I can see, although many models are so opaque it's hard to tell for sure. (View Post)

Yes, with the important difference that under the last government LEA schools who failed on safeguarding were force academised.* This has nothing to do with inspection outcomes with LEA schools that … (View Post)

Yes and no. There are differential funds for PPC and EHCP children and if they leave or are expelled problems can ensue. But more usually, the issue comes with sudden unexpected extra costs e.g. repa… (View Post)