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20 Apr 16
Auditor general Amyas Morse has issued an adverse opinion on the truth and fairness of the Department for Education’s group financial statements for 2014-15, concluding they did not provide the...
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17 Mar 16
The “vast majority” of schools will be part of multi-academy trusts by 2022, education secretary Nicky Morgan said today as she set out the government’s reform plans.
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9 Feb 16
Education watchdog Ofsted has called for urgent improvements to secondary schools run by the E-ACT chain of academy after a review concluded standards at the trust were not good enough.
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27 Jul 15
The government is planning a further expansion of its academies programme, but it is not clear there is capacity in the system to transform all these schools
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24 Jul 15
An analysis of results at more than 150 academy schools in England has concluded that nearly half (44%) would be classed as “coasting” under the government’s proposed education reforms.
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26 May 15
Government plans to intervene in ‘coasting’ schools must include an expanded role for councils to hold academies and free schools to account, the Local Government Association has said.
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30 Apr 15
Five years of radical changes in education policy have created thousands of academy and free schools. But have financial management and governance kept pace?
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31 Mar 15
Senior figures in the academy sector have warned that the government’s free school programme could undermine plans to improve existing institutions.
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27 Mar 15
Day-to-day spending on schools has been ‘remarkably’ well protected under the coalition government, but regardless of who wins the next election cuts of 7% or more are possible, the...
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17 Mar 15
Marcus Richards and Andrew Hine
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11 Mar 15
John Tizard
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5 Mar 15
Council spending in England has been cut by almost a quarter on a per person basis since 2009/10, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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21 Jan 15
The auditor general has given the Department for Education an adverse opinion after concluding it failed to meet Parliament’s accountability requirements on academy spending.
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9 Oct 14
CIPFA has launched a one-stop-shop for finance professionals and accountable officers working in academies to access best practice and guidance to help them manage public resources.
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19 Sep 14
There are now 4,000 academies but, as the education baton passes to Nicky Morgan, it may turn out that Michael Gove’s real legacy is in curriculum and teaching reforms
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29 Aug 13
As the new term starts, Michael Gove’s education revolution continues apace. But where’s the evidence that academies and free schools will benefit the majority of pupils?
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9 Jul 98
Prime minister Tony Blair this week took a more conciliatory tone towards local government when he urged councils to help Labour deliver its modernising agenda but his message failed to win over the...
20 Apr 16Auditor general Amyas Morse has issued an adverse opinion on the truth and fairness of the Department for Education’s group financial statements for 2014-15, concluding they did not provide the...
17 Mar 16The “vast majority” of schools will be part of multi-academy trusts by 2022, education secretary Nicky Morgan said today as she set out the government’s reform plans.
9 Feb 16Education watchdog Ofsted has called for urgent improvements to secondary schools run by the E-ACT chain of academy after a review concluded standards at the trust were not good enough.
26 May 15Government plans to intervene in ‘coasting’ schools must include an expanded role for councils to hold academies and free schools to account, the Local Government Association has said.
30 Apr 15Five years of radical changes in education policy have created thousands of academy and free schools. But have financial management and governance kept pace?
27 Mar 15Day-to-day spending on schools has been ‘remarkably’ well protected under the coalition government, but regardless of who wins the next election cuts of 7% or more are possible, the...
17 Mar 15Marcus Richards and Andrew Hine
5 Mar 15Council spending in England has been cut by almost a quarter on a per person basis since 2009/10, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
9 Oct 14CIPFA has launched a one-stop-shop for finance professionals and accountable officers working in academies to access best practice and guidance to help them manage public resources.
19 Sep 14There are now 4,000 academies but, as the education baton passes to Nicky Morgan, it may turn out that Michael Gove’s real legacy is in curriculum and teaching reforms
29 Aug 13As the new term starts, Michael Gove’s education revolution continues apace. But where’s the evidence that academies and free schools will benefit the majority of pupils?
9 Jul 98Prime minister Tony Blair this week took a more conciliatory tone towards local government when he urged councils to help Labour deliver its modernising agenda but his message failed to win over the...
