Resources
2025
The conference explored the history and effects of Ofsted and other inspection systems, examined how performativity and accountability influence schools and educators, considered the impact of neoliberalism on education policy, and focused on developing more supportive, equitable, and democratic alternatives.
2024
The conference centered on four key themes—Fragmentation, Professionalism, Inclusion, and Curriculum. Each theme included expert presentations, interactive Q&A sessions, and practical takeaways designed to advance CASE’s advocacy efforts.
Annual Conferences
Here you can find reports, videos, and material from previous CASE annual conferences.
Revisiting Reports
Commissioned by CASE
Warwick Mansell, May 2026
This update revisits this important report showing how the high costs of academy management are impacting on staffing in English classrooms, summarising its key points.
Warwick Mansell, May 2026
The issue of executive pay has worsened since this report first emerged in 2023. The arguments summarised here are as pertinent now as they were then.
CASE Reports
Commissioned by CASE
Warwick Mansell, October 2024
This report details how academy trusts spend less per pupil on teaching and have higher teacher turnover, resulting in fewer, younger, and lower-paid staff compared to local authority schools.
Warwick Mansell, May 2023
The report reveals academy trusts spend millions more on management salaries than local authorities, with little evidence of improved education, suggesting potential savings of nearly half a billion pounds nationwide.
CASEnotes Archive
Here you can find CASEnotes in e-pub format, up to issue #100. Check out our forum for more.
Here we collate all CASE Media mentions, so you can follow the organisation's impact and all things CASE-related.
Research Links
Soon we will be featuring a list of research external to CASE that is nonetheless supportive of our aims and objectives. Watch this space.
