Why parents should support their maintained school becoming an academy. davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

Upper Tribunal decides that SENDIST can, after all, hear appeal for a place at an Academy davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

Academies told they can employ unqualified teachers davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

What happens to discrimination claims arising from when the school was a maintained school? UPDATED! davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

Beware: Having applied for an academy order, governors may be powerless to stop academy conversion davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

Announced this afternoon: Draft SEN bill would enhance pupil/parent rights in relation to academies davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

'Noddy Guide to SEN Law' - updated version now available davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

No longer a presumption that new schools will be academies? davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

Children and Families Bill 2013 (published today) would bring academies into line on SEN davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

“Academies and Lies” – documentary on forced conversion of Downhills to academy davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

Local Government Lawyer guide to academy conversion davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

How much do academies use their legal ‘freedoms’ in practice davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

conversion to becoming a “sponsored academy” – what does it mean? davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

Academies breach their funding agreements davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

Changes to planning rules make councils powerless to stop buildings being turned into schools davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

How have the legal structures for schools got so complex, does it matter, and what's to be done? davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

Children and Families Act 2014 gets Royal Assent davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

Government extends requirement to teach evolution and banning of pseudoscience to future Academies davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

Free School meals implementation adds new level of complexity to Funding Agreements davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms

Further restrictions on teaching creationism and pseudoscience in academies and free schools davidwolfe.org.uk/wordpress/arch… via acanofworms