Rosa Furneaux
@rosafurneaux.bsky.social
Senior investigative reporter at SourceMaterial • Climate, corruption, democracy • Previously Reuters, TBIJ • [email protected]
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May 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Harries assemble! A busy and wonderful week catching up with fellows 1 and 3 at @tinabrownlm.bsky.social’s #SirHarrySummit. Really great to see my @reuters.com colleagues discuss our investigation into OnlyFans on stage, too. Thanks for a fantastic few days @sirharrysummit.bsky.social!
...and making them shine. From failing private schools charging £100k+ fees, to payment companies running off with school dinner money, every week has surprised me.
I particularly loved getting the inside scoop on Ofsted’s illegal schools team — you can read all about it in the last edition
I particularly loved getting the inside scoop on Ofsted’s illegal schools team — you can read all about it in the last edition
April 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
...and making them shine. From failing private schools charging £100k+ fees, to payment companies running off with school dinner money, every week has surprised me.
I particularly loved getting the inside scoop on Ofsted’s illegal schools team — you can read all about it in the last edition
I particularly loved getting the inside scoop on Ofsted’s illegal schools team — you can read all about it in the last edition
23 councils requested to “top-slice” funding for 2024-25. Just two were refused.
Kent was given the green light to slice £16.5 million, the most by any council.
Norfolk was allowed to take the highest percentage of its core schools budget at nearly 1.5 per cent, totalling £9.7 million.
Kent was given the green light to slice £16.5 million, the most by any council.
Norfolk was allowed to take the highest percentage of its core schools budget at nearly 1.5 per cent, totalling £9.7 million.
March 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
23 councils requested to “top-slice” funding for 2024-25. Just two were refused.
Kent was given the green light to slice £16.5 million, the most by any council.
Norfolk was allowed to take the highest percentage of its core schools budget at nearly 1.5 per cent, totalling £9.7 million.
Kent was given the green light to slice £16.5 million, the most by any council.
Norfolk was allowed to take the highest percentage of its core schools budget at nearly 1.5 per cent, totalling £9.7 million.
Private special schools made up more than 40% of those found to be failing. But councils continue to send vulnerable children to these schools – including one with fees of up to £116,000 where “bullying, prejudiced behaviour, threats of violence and physical aggression are commonplace.”
February 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Private special schools made up more than 40% of those found to be failing. But councils continue to send vulnerable children to these schools – including one with fees of up to £116,000 where “bullying, prejudiced behaviour, threats of violence and physical aggression are commonplace.”
More than 250 non-associated private schools have failed to meet independent school standards in inspections carried out since 2021, our analysis shows.
Almost a third failed to reach standards over multiple inspections. One school remain open despite failing consecutive inspections for 10 years.
Almost a third failed to reach standards over multiple inspections. One school remain open despite failing consecutive inspections for 10 years.
February 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
More than 250 non-associated private schools have failed to meet independent school standards in inspections carried out since 2021, our analysis shows.
Almost a third failed to reach standards over multiple inspections. One school remain open despite failing consecutive inspections for 10 years.
Almost a third failed to reach standards over multiple inspections. One school remain open despite failing consecutive inspections for 10 years.
MAT lead Dan Morrow said he had dealt with Prevent referrals that staff felt may have been better handled by mental health providers or other social services – but that an alternative pathway hadn’t been available.
“We’re caught between a rock and a hard place,” he said.
“We’re caught between a rock and a hard place,” he said.
January 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
MAT lead Dan Morrow said he had dealt with Prevent referrals that staff felt may have been better handled by mental health providers or other social services – but that an alternative pathway hadn’t been available.
“We’re caught between a rock and a hard place,” he said.
“We’re caught between a rock and a hard place,” he said.
In the year to April 2024, two in five school referrals were found to involve a vulnerable child, but one deemed *not* to be driven by a terrorist ideology.
More than 1,000 cases were classed as “vulnerability present but no ideology or CT [counter-terrorism] risk” — an increase of 140% since 2019
More than 1,000 cases were classed as “vulnerability present but no ideology or CT [counter-terrorism] risk” — an increase of 140% since 2019
January 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
In the year to April 2024, two in five school referrals were found to involve a vulnerable child, but one deemed *not* to be driven by a terrorist ideology.
More than 1,000 cases were classed as “vulnerability present but no ideology or CT [counter-terrorism] risk” — an increase of 140% since 2019
More than 1,000 cases were classed as “vulnerability present but no ideology or CT [counter-terrorism] risk” — an increase of 140% since 2019
A peaceful weekend in the Sheffield peaks, ft. garden views before the first frost, golden light on the River Rivelin, and Alice on the banks of Broomhead reservoir
November 17, 2024 at 9:55 PM
A peaceful weekend in the Sheffield peaks, ft. garden views before the first frost, golden light on the River Rivelin, and Alice on the banks of Broomhead reservoir