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16 Sep 20
The Department for Education's upcoming 10-year reform programme must include a “clear vision on the structure and funding of the college sector”, the National Audit Office has said.
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6 Jul 20
Up to 13 universities could go into negative reserves this year risking long-term security without a government bailout, according to a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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29 Jun 20
Prime minister Boris Johnson has promised funding of £1bn for 50 major school building projects in England.
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7 May 20
The Department for Education is damaging the wellbeing and life chances of children with special educational needs and disabilities, according to a report from the Public Accounts Committee.
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30 Jan 20
Local authorities in England will now be required to provide minimum levels of funding for all schools, sparking criticism from council leaders.
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28 Oct 19
A £400m pot has been introduced to improve facilities and increase school places at academies and sixth forms in England, but access to the funds will be limited for academies paying high salaries,...
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29 May 19
Funding shortfalls have meant increasing numbers of children with special educational needs are attending schools outside their council area, according to figures obtained by The Observer.
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7 May 19
The Department for Education has announced an overhaul of schools’ policies on permanently excluding pupils in response to a damning report.
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1 Mar 19
The current focus on childcare entitlement can hold back toddlers from the poorest homes, says the chief executive of the Education Endowment Foundation Sir Kevan Collins.
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17 Sep 18
The education funding squeeze for 16 to 18 year olds in England is “clear and worrying”, a think-tank report has said.
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23 May 18
The government has confirmed where £6m of previously announced money to improve maths in the North is to go.
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14 May 18
County councils are dipping into generic schools grants to manage overspending on special needs education, an umbrella group has found.
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10 Jan 18
Justine Greening’s departure means the Cabinet has lost a doughty champion of social mobility, says the Sutton Trust’s Conor Ryan. Her successor Damian Hinds needs to make his name – and a big...
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18 Sep 17
Efforts to improve teacher training and retention have failed to demonstrate a positive impact or value for money, according to the National Audit Office.
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12 Apr 17
Nearly one in three headteachers are using cash from the pupil premium to plug funding gaps, according to research by the Sutton Trust.
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11 Apr 17
Early years childcare services will receive an additional £50m in capital grants, the government has announced today.
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22 Mar 17
Some schools in England could be facing a 7% funding cut after 2020 following the roll out of the revised national funding formula, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
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17 Mar 17
The planned overhaul of education funding will do little to help disadvantaged pupils who live in deprived areas, education charities have warned.
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3 Feb 17
Councils are bidding for powers to require academies to admit challenging and difficult children, who might have been excluded from other schools.
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19 Sep 16
The government has today approved applications to open 77 new free schools as part of a drive to create 500 by the end of the parliament.
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7 Sep 16
The Department for Education lacks a “clear rationale” to explain how an increase in apprenticeship numbers would benefit national productivity, according to the National Audit Office.
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26 Aug 15
Councils and other providers are being asked to come forward with “innovative and flexible” ideas on how they can deliver 30 hours of free childcare a week, which will take effect in September 2016.
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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.