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12 May 16
All schools in England are still likely to become academies despite the government’s pledge to not to impose the reform, the CentreForum think-tank has concluded.
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18 Apr 16
Councils have reiterated calls for clarity on how they will be able to ensure they can continue to provide sufficient school places once all schools have converted to academies.
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15 Apr 16
School spending in England is being increasingly focused on schools with higher numbers of poor pupils, Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis has revealed.
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7 Mar 16
Education secretary Nicky Morgan has set out more details of reforms to the funding formula for schools, which will remove local authorities from any role in the distribution of resources.
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29 Feb 16
The Local Government Association has today reiterated that councils may not be able to provide a school place for every child unless they are given additional powers, including the ability to force...
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23 Feb 16
Poor secondary school performance is setting the Northern Powerhouse up to “splutter and die”, Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw warned in a speech today.
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9 Feb 16
Schools are still not doing enough to ensure the quality and safety of outside providers educating their pupils, Ofsted has found.
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20 Jan 16
The government must design a new system of school governance to reflect the large increase in the number of academy and free schools, MPs have said.
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19 Jan 16
Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has said that the current accountability regime for schools is “confused and inconsistent” and could undermine improvements to the education system.
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15 Jan 16
Councils will be unable to meet their legal duty to ensure all children have access to a school place unless academies expand to meet demand, the Local Government Association has warned today.
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12 Jan 16
Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has launched a cross-party commission to investigate how to close regional gaps in school attainment that have widened over the past 30 years.
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11 Jan 16
School budgets are at “breaking point” as real terms funding cuts and mounting spending needs have put huge pressure on finances, a group of teacher unions has warned today.
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9 Nov 15
High performing grant maintained schools should be given additional powers to take over struggling schools, including academies, the Local Government Association said today.
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9 Oct 15
The school funding formula is undermining the effectiveness of the pupil premium scheme, MPs have warned.
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15 Sep 15
Councillors should use their “unique role” to help hold schools to account as they convert to academies, the Centre for Public Scrutiny has said.
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10 Sep 15
The quality of education in the first three years of secondary school is a cause for concern and is letting down too many students, Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has said.
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7 Sep 15
The London Borough of Croydon is to receive £102m from the European Investment Bank to improve schools across the borough, the first time that an EIB loan has been agreed for this purpose.
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25 Aug 15
Schools where pupils fail to achieve a C grade or higher in GCSE maths and English should be fined, the Policy Exchange think-tank has suggested.
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12 Aug 15
All but six of Scotland’s 32 councils are failing to comply with a six-year-old minimum recommended level of school clothing grants to disadvantaged families, and two have cut their payment...
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1 Jul 15
High-performing council schools should be able to sponsor struggling schools without taking on academy status, the Local Government Association has said.
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30 Jun 15
Hundreds of “coasting” schools risk being turned into academies under new strict measures announced today.
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30 Jun 15
The pupil premium policy, designed to help the most disadvantaged schoolchildren, is not identifying those who need it the most and is not being spent in the most “appropriate” way by...
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27 Feb 14
Creating a system of fair school admissions is never easy. But it is important that opportunities to attend more successful schools aren’t limited to those with the deepest pockets
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13 Dec 13
‘Freedom’ from council control does not mean an abdication of responsibility. Academies and free schools need to improve their approaches to both governance and financial probity
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21 May 13
The schools spending ringfence should be removed, to ease up the pressure on other departments. And there's evidence that educational standards need not suffer
12 May 16All schools in England are still likely to become academies despite the government’s pledge to not to impose the reform, the CentreForum think-tank has concluded.
18 Apr 16Councils have reiterated calls for clarity on how they will be able to ensure they can continue to provide sufficient school places once all schools have converted to academies.
7 Mar 16Education secretary Nicky Morgan has set out more details of reforms to the funding formula for schools, which will remove local authorities from any role in the distribution of resources.
29 Feb 16The Local Government Association has today reiterated that councils may not be able to provide a school place for every child unless they are given additional powers, including the ability to force...
23 Feb 16Poor secondary school performance is setting the Northern Powerhouse up to “splutter and die”, Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw warned in a speech today.
9 Feb 16Schools are still not doing enough to ensure the quality and safety of outside providers educating their pupils, Ofsted has found.
15 Jan 16Councils will be unable to meet their legal duty to ensure all children have access to a school place unless academies expand to meet demand, the Local Government Association has warned today.
12 Jan 16Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has launched a cross-party commission to investigate how to close regional gaps in school attainment that have widened over the past 30 years.
11 Jan 16School budgets are at “breaking point” as real terms funding cuts and mounting spending needs have put huge pressure on finances, a group of teacher unions has warned today.
9 Nov 15High performing grant maintained schools should be given additional powers to take over struggling schools, including academies, the Local Government Association said today.
10 Sep 15The quality of education in the first three years of secondary school is a cause for concern and is letting down too many students, Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has said.
21 May 13The schools spending ringfence should be removed, to ease up the pressure on other departments. And there's evidence that educational standards need not suffer
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