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Sponsored academies lose more pupils after takeovers

More pupils leave schools when they become sponsored academies than when they are under local authority control, a new report has shown. Researchers at Education Datalab analysed up to three years of data for 149 schools. Among those that became sponsored academies in 2010-11, the rate of pupils leaving – to other schools, alternative provision,

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Glasgow School of Art's ashes turned into artworks to fund rebuild

Artists including Grayson Perry and Anish Kapoor create pieces using debris from Mackintosh building gutted by fire in 2014 Some of the biggest names in art, from Grayson Perry to Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley, have created artworks from the ashes of Glasgow School of Art to help raise funds for the building’s restoration. The

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