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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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3 Mar 15
Schools are not doing enough to challenge high-performing students to enable them to fulfil their potential, according to the education watchdog Ofsted.
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27 Feb 15
Ed Miliband has announced that a future Labour government would cut university fees in England to £6,000 from autumn 2016, funding it with a reduction in pension tax relief for top earners.
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20 Feb 15
Labour has been urged to ‘come clean’ on the party’s plans for the funding of higher education following speculation that it would go into May’s general election proposing to cut the maximum that can...
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18 Feb 15
The price of a university degree is prompting young people to look at alternative career routes. Apprentices learn on the job, as well as in the classroom, while being paid. How should public sector...
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16 Feb 15
A rift between ministers and councils over the Scottish Government’s pledge to maintain pupil-teacher ratios has widened, after the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities said it was considering a...
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13 Feb 15
Chancellor George Osborne has pledged to devolve skills funding to combined authorities in the Midlands as part of a 15-year plan to make the region ‘an engine for growth’.
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12 Feb 15
Public services spend almost £17bn a year on addressing the impact of a host of social problems affecting young people, a study by the Early Intervention Foundation has found.
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11 Feb 15
A future Labour government would introduce a tax dodging Bill that would see stronger independent scrutiny of the UK tax system and make country-by-country reporting information publicly available.
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9 Feb 15
The government has announced a £6bn expansion of its Priority School Building Programme, with 277 schools set to be refurbished over the next three years.
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6 Feb 15
Teaching unions have criticised government plans to reduce workloads, saying staff would be ‘bitterly disappointed’.
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2 Feb 15
Over 3,300 ‘coasting’ schools could be taken over by academy chains or have their head teachers replaced if they do not improve, Prime Minister David Cameron announced today.
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2 Feb 15
Taxpayers are losing more than £800m a year because of the ‘bums on seats’ system of funding post-16 education, the Local Government Association has warned.
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30 Jan 15
The Department for Education’s ‘complex and confused’ oversight regime for academies has left it reliant on whistleblowers to identify financial risks or governance problems in schools, the Public...
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27 Jan 15
Academy funding must be made more transparent and new rules governing spending are needed to tackle possible conflicts of interest in the sector, the education select committee has said.
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12 Jan 15
Schools could soon face a tipping point where there is no more space or money to offer extra places to pupils that need them, the Local Government Association has warned.
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5 Jan 15
The decision by the coalition government to increase university tuition fees to a maximum of £9,000 a year has contributed to a decline in more flexible forms of higher education, an analysis...
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5 Jan 15
Younger primary schools pupils in Scotland’s schools are entitled to a free school lunch as of today, under a Scottish Government scheme that ministers say will remove the stigma of subsidised meals...
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10 Dec 14
The performance of England’s secondary schools has stalled in the last year, with poor and inconsistent leadership hindering improvements, Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw said today.
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4 Dec 14
Councils had to spend more than £22m covering the costs of schools converting to academy status in the last two years, even though they are moving free from local authority control and are funded...
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3 Dec 14
Loans of up to £10,000 will be offered to students aged under 30 taking masters' degrees, Chancellor George Osborne has said.
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1 Dec 14
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee has warned that millions in public money could be misused after auditors found that £5.4m was given to nearly 1,000 students at alternative colleges that...
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14 Nov 14
A new national database of apprenticeships and other employer-led courses and training opportunities for over 16s will be launched in England next year, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has revealed.
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10 Nov 14
New teacher training routes, which see student teachers learn on the job, can cost the government significantly more than traditional higher education-based routes, the Institute for Fiscal Studies...
31 Mar 15Senior figures in the academy sector have warned that the government’s free school programme could undermine plans to improve existing institutions.
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...
3 Mar 15Schools are not doing enough to challenge high-performing students to enable them to fulfil their potential, according to the education watchdog Ofsted.
18 Feb 15The price of a university degree is prompting young people to look at alternative career routes. Apprentices learn on the job, as well as in the classroom, while being paid. How should public sector...
12 Feb 15Public services spend almost £17bn a year on addressing the impact of a host of social problems affecting young people, a study by the Early Intervention Foundation has found.
27 Jan 15Academy funding must be made more transparent and new rules governing spending are needed to tackle possible conflicts of interest in the sector, the education select committee has said.
12 Jan 15Schools could soon face a tipping point where there is no more space or money to offer extra places to pupils that need them, the Local Government Association has warned.
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