Last summer’s riots inflicted untold misery on individuals and businesses across England. But the views and concerns of those who suffered are now being heard loud and clear thanks to the work of...
Parents who persistently allow their children to miss school should have their Child Benefit docked, the government’s ‘behaviour czar’ has recommended.
The government is seeking bids for pilot community learning trusts in England, which will aim to give local people and businesses more say over adult education courses in their area.
English universities and colleges are digesting the impact of reduced grant funding for the next academic year, which will be the first under the new fee regime.
Every young person out of work for more than a year should be given a publicly funded ‘Youth Job Promise’, according to the independent experts examining last summer’s riots.
A series of ‘predictable flaws’ in the immigration system for students allowed as many as 50,000 people from outside Europe to enter the UK to work rather than study, the National Audit Office has...
MPs have slammed the way the government accounts for £7.7bn of further education funding, warning that the system is uncoordinated and provides poor value for taxpayers.
As schools chief inspector and top education mandarin, Sir David Bell has never shrunk
from challenging the status quo. Now as Reading University’s new vice-chancellor, he is taking his reforming...
A controversial deal that cut supply teachers’ pay to fund other educational priorities has left most Scottish councils struggling to meet requests for temporary cover, according to a Labour Party...
Some schools deemed ‘outstanding’ are to be re-inspected following a radical shake-up of Ofsted’s inspection regime, which will put a greater stress on teaching standards.
The government must address differences in the take-up of early years education across the country to ensure spending on nurseries represents value for money, the National Audit Office said today.
Scotland’s further education colleges are to be grouped into 12 new regional clusters to eliminate duplication and cut costs, Scottish Education Secretary Michael Russell has told MSPs.
Teaching grants to English universities are to be cut by 18% in the next academic year, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills revealed yesterday
Ofsted has today announced plans to scrap its ‘satisfactory’ education rating as part of moves to tackle the problem of ‘coasting schools’, raised by the prime minister last year.
The 710,000 public sector job losses now expected by 2017 will hit the devolved nations and the Northeast hardest, the Trades Union Congress said today.
Head teachers in England will be able to sack ‘underperforming’ teachers more quickly under powers being introduced this September, Michael Gove said today.
One body should be given responsibility for ensuring the different parts of the welfare system work together effectively and do not unintentionally penalise claimants, MPs said today.
The government has not done enough to address concerns that the Private Finance Initiative is being used to keep the cost of major infrastructure projects off its balance sheet, the Commons’ Treasury...