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Gareth Mason, who had been on secondment at the Falcon trust, to appear in court later this month
Leaders 'united by vision of addressing disadvantage', but behaviour and attendance issues remain
Head hails 'rare achievement' for school that recovered from 'inadequate' Ofsted report in less than a year
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School once at centre of one of the largest academy trust scandals now 'at the heart of the community'
Heads believed council was their admission authority – despite academies being in control of entry to their schools
Leaders sound caution over using 'quantitative measures' to compare chains
