Tes analysis sparks calls for reform of funding and accountability systems to better support academy trusts with high numbers of vulnerable pupils.

A north east trust snubbed for cash for repairs three years in a row was told its latest bids would have stood a better chance if its academies had shut.

Teach First fended off a challenge from an international outsourcing company to keep its contract to recruit “high potential” graduates into the profession.

Almost half of ailing academy trusts censured by ministers after registering losses of up to several million pounds have continued their financial slide, a Schools Week investigation has found.

Ministers are considering replacing the long-running Mandarin Excellence Programme with a new scheme to support the language.

Managed moves could be “consigned to the history books” by new government guidance preventing oversubscribed schools from prioritising them in