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Academy trust CEO pay ‘should follow rules in line with NHS’

Academy trust CEO pay ‘should follow rules in line with NHS’

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Academy bosses’ pay should follow “rules” that are “in line” with other parts of the public sector like the NHS, the schools minister has said, as government prepares to announce curbs on CEO salaries. Schools Week understands the government will announce controls on MAT CEO pay alongside the long-awaited teacher pay award for September, which could come as soon as tomorrow. In a Q&A with this newspaper, Georgia Gould said “nothing is off the table” as the government seeks to ensure salaries and annual pay rises awarded to academy trust executives are “proportionate and justifiable”. Senior managers in the NHS must have high salaries signed off by officials, with pay at the largest trusts capped at around £280,000. Academy trusts face no such rules, with six bosses now earning over £300,000 and the highest earner on more than £500,000. The Department for Education said in its white paper that it would “tighten” rules in the academy trust handbook to “prevent excessive increases for individuals carrying out broadly similar roles”. Gould told Schools Week: “School leaders are …

Film academy invites 529 new members, including Jenna Ortega, the Safdie brothers and Jacob Elordi

Film academy invites 529 new members, including Jenna Ortega, the Safdie brothers and Jacob Elordi

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended invitations to 529 new members, a move that will nearly double the size of the Oscar voting body compared to a decade ago. Among the notable figures invited are “One Battle After Another” nominee Teyana Taylor, Josh O’Connor, Jenna Ortega, Jacob Elordi, and Simu Liu. Should all invitees accept, the film academy’s total membership will reach 11,319, with 10,338 eligible to vote. This marks a significant expansion from 2016, when the academy comprised closer to 6,000 members. The organization has actively sought to diversify its ranks in recent years, particularly after the 2015 #OscarsSoWhite controversy, when all 20 acting nominees were white and the academy was 75% male and 92% white. Among the notable figures invited are “One Battle After Another” nominee Teyana Taylor (Getty Images) Following the induction of this …

Academy Invites Jacob Elordi, Teyana Taylor, More for 2026

Academy Invites Jacob Elordi, Teyana Taylor, More for 2026

Published by Daniella Wilson

The actors Jacob Elordi, Teyana Taylor, Bill Skarsgard, Jenna Ortega and Josh O’Connor have been invited to become members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as have other notables including new Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro, filmmaker brothers Benny Safdie (The Smashing Machine) and Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), One Battle After Another casting director Cassandra Kulukundis (who earlier this year became the first recipient of the best casting Oscar), Weapons director Zach Cregger, Marty Supreme producer Eli Bush, Grammy-winning singer/songwriters Sara Bareilles and EJAE, power-managers Aleen Keshishian and Jason Weinberg, top personal publicist Megan Moss and events producer Madelyn Hammond, and rising-star awards strategists Jonathan Epstein, Josh Haroutunian and Emily Lu Aldrich. The list of 529 invitees released Wednesday morning by the Academy — which includes 95 Oscar nominees, 21 Oscar winners and three Scientific and Technical Award recipients — follows classes numbering 395 in 2021, 397 in 2022, 398 in 2023 and 487 in 2024 and 534 in 2025. Academy invitations are the result of a process that begins with sponsorship, not application. …

Key and Peele Police Academy reboot was canceled due to tragic real-life incident, writer says

Key and Peele Police Academy reboot was canceled due to tragic real-life incident, writer says

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Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Comedian Ike Barinholtz has said that a planned reboot of the cult-comedy franchise Police Academy was shelved after the fatal 2014 shooting of Michael Brown rocked the nation. The Studio’s Emmy-nominated Barinholtz, along with his writing partner David Stassen, was originally hired to pen a screenplay for a revival of the 1980s crime comedy classic, which featured Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, Michael Winslow and Bubba Smith as an oddball class of cadets. The project was expected to star and be produced by Key & Peele stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. Speaking on a recent episode of his Funny You Ask podcast, Barinholtz, 49, recalled that their rewrite was expected to be “dirty, rated R, modern.” “I don’t even know if he’s still alive, we might have to cut this, but the guy who created the original Police Academy came with …

Emmerdale casts Fame Academy star in villainous new role

Emmerdale casts Fame Academy star in villainous new role

Published by Sam Flores

Emmerdale spoilers follow. A mysterious new villain will be arriving in the village next week when Emmerdale’s Lewis Barton is shockingly taken hostage. The kidnapper is revealed to be a woman named Kylie, who fans may recognise as Fame Academy star Pippa Fulton. Fulton competed in the first series of the BBC talent show back in 2002, and went on to appear in Coronation Street as Aurora, the friend of Steve McDonald’s date. This is also her third time in the Dales, having previously played two respective roles in 2014 and 2017. ITV Related: Best streaming services Next week, Fulton’s new character Kylie makes a bold move as she abducts a terrified Lewis while he’s on his way to the airport. Lewis is bundled into the back of a van by masked assailants, with his brother Ross Barton receiving a text informing him of the kidnapping. The message warns that Lewis is in grave danger unless his father returns ‘Penny’ to the kidnapper. Concerned Ross tries to find Lewis’ adoptive dad Jeffrey, before Dr Liam …

Academy trust with £9m deficit names new CEO

Academy trust with £9m deficit names new CEO

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The academy trust in the largest financial hole in England has named its new chief executive, days after the resignation of its last boss. Lisa Walton has today been installed as acting CEO of the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic MAT, which has been the subject of ministerial scrutiny and strikes after sliding into an over £9 million deficit. This comes after the 25-school chain announced on Friday that previous chief Kevin Gritton, who had been in post for almost four years, had resigned with immediate effect. The new CEO St Ralph chair Sarah Noon confirmed this afternoon that Walton has been appointed acting chief until August 2027. “The appointment is effective from today and has been approved by the Bishop of Nottingham and the Department for Education,” she added. For the last four years, Walton has been deputy of the East Midlands Education, which has 24 schools on its books. “During this time, she also served as interim CEO for 14 months. She is a practising Catholic,” Noon continued. “On behalf of the trust board, …

Catholic academy trust expansion sparks warning over religious control of state schools – Humanists UK

Catholic academy trust expansion sparks warning over religious control of state schools – Humanists UK

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Humanists UK has warned that the proposed expansion of large faith-based academy trusts, St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust, risks entrenching religious control over state-funded education, after reports that a government-backed Catholic turnaround trust is set to become one of England’s largest.  Humanists UK said the case reflects a concern it has long raised: that academisation is opening the way for religious bodies to consolidate control over state-funded schools. In 2021, Humanists UK warned that government funding for Church academy trusts, including a Catholic ‘turnaround trust’, would extend religious influence across the school system. Expanding faith-based control of the school system risks increasing segregation of children on grounds of faith or belief, and undermines cohesion among pupils of different backgrounds. Furthermore, taxpayers’ money should not be used to fund trusts or schools that do so. The concern is especially acute in Liverpool, where Humanists UK has previously highlighted that the high proportion of religiously selective schools can leave non-religious and minority-faith families with little genuine access to inclusive local schools. In Liverpool almost 50% of …

The Academy for Spiritual Formation announces matching grant opportunity to support spiritual leaders

The Academy for Spiritual Formation announces matching grant opportunity to support spiritual leaders

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Academy for Spiritual Formation, a ministry of The Upper Room, is offering a matching grant opportunity designed to help churches, denominational bodies, and Christian organizations invest in the spiritual formation of leaders within their communities.  Through the Encouraging Spiritual Leaders matching grant program, participating institutions can receive matching funds from The Academy of up to $5,000 total to support individuals attending a Two-Year Academy for Spiritual Formation. The next Two-Year Academy, #44, begins October 26, 2026, at Camp McDowell Retreat Center in Nauvoo, Alabama.   The program is intended to make the transformational Two-Year Academy experience more accessible to clergy and lay leaders seeking deeper grounding for ministry, leadership, and faithful living.  “Many spiritual leaders are carrying tremendous responsibility while longing for deeper renewal and sustenance,” said Johnny Sears, Director of The Academy for Spiritual Formation. “This matching grant is one way we can partner with churches and institutions to invest in leaders who are seeking a more rooted, contemplative, and courageous way of living and serving.”  Since 1983, The Academy for …