Conservative and Liberal Democrat policies to reduce the educational attainment gap between rich and poor pupils are unlikely to make much difference, experts have warned
Funding to expand free nursery education for all should be redirected to only help children from the poorest families, according to report published today
Labour and the Tories are squaring up for the coming election battles over education, and are scathing about each other’s plans. But how much of this is posturing and how much substance? Conor Ryan...
Further education colleges that ran into financial trouble following the collapse of a flagship rebuilding programme are to be partly bailed out by the government
MPs have called for a radical overhaul of the teaching profession, recommending more ongoing training for qualified teachers and higher minimum standards for those entering the profession
Universities should stop ‘bleating’ about funding cuts because squeezed budgets will have a worse impact on further education provision, college leaders have said.
There is little appetite for stripping Ofsted of its role in children’s services despite continued criticism of ‘inconsistent’ and ‘flawed’ inspections, Public Finance has been told
The Welsh Assembly Government is to commission an independent review of education funding as it seeks to meet the first minister’s pledge to increase investment in the sector
The nation’s ever-expanding fiscal gap was examined recently in a video debate organised by PricewaterhouseCoopers and chaired by Public Finance editor Mike Thatcher – and asks, is it time to face...
Schools Secretary Ed Balls has denied reports that other public services will suffer as a result of the spending increase given to education in last week’s Pre-Budget Report
The past ten years have seen the economy go from boom to bust, and the public finances spiral out of control. Tony Travers relives a decade of war, terrorism and financial
collapse – and asks, is it...
