9/17/2026 2:47:22 PM Charity Commission urges charities to act on early warnings By Andrew Willis The Charity Commission’s annual updates over the summer have highlighted an area of growing risk for charities. Its annual report and...
9/14/2026 10:02:14 AM The real question for school trust leaders isn't about structure By Jamie Otter The debate about academy trusts has been running for more than twenty years and, at times, can feel as though positions have become...
7/21/2026 1:10:21 PM Charity Commission caseload issues continue By Nicole Reed The Charity Commission's annual report for the year ending 31 March 2026 describes a continually increasing caseload and the subsequent...
7/17/2026 8:48:22 AM Academy Trust Handbook 2026: What should trust leaders be focusing on? By Jamie Otter The Department for Education has published the Academy Trust Handbook 2026, which comes into force on 1 October 2026. As always, there...
7/3/2026 9:19:20 AM England v Mexico - don't be as unpopular as VAR! By Jamie Otter A 5am pub licence extension might not look like an academy trust issue.Until the 8.30am staff briefing.The Government's decision to allow...
5/26/2026 10:37:29 AM Love is not enough: cathedrals, cash, and candour By Frances Godden Cathedral Deans will meet MPs next month to discuss financial sustainability, an initiative announced at the Association of English...
5/21/2026 10:09:55 AM European Commission issues guidelines on what it considers high-risk uses of AI By Lucas Atkin The European Commission has published guidelines on its classification of what AI systems and use cases it considers to be high-risk. ...
12/8/2025 1:37:38 PM When systems fail children, we must change the system By Ciara Campfield I've just been reading the latest child poverty figures, and once again they stop me in my tracks, because no matter how long I’ve worked...