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18 Aug 14
A programme to support troubled families has been expanded to help vulnerable younger children get a better start in life, the government announced today.
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13 Aug 14
Two education trade unions have joined an initiative to develop new school performance league tables in a bid to increase the range of information available to parents.
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11 Aug 14
Satisfaction levels for students studying at UK universities and colleges has hit a 10-year high, with 86% of those polled saying they were satisfied overall with their course.
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8 Aug 14
Councils are to gain powers to withdraw funds from early-years education providers who teach creationism or have links to extremist organisations.
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7 Aug 14
The government’s controversial decision in 2011 to increase tuition fees had little impact on the number of young people becoming full-time undergraduates, Universities UK has said.
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6 Aug 14
Free schools in low-income areas are failing to serve their neediest children, the first analysis of the schools’ social composition has found.
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31 Jul 14
A trustee of a chain of academy schools has been appointed as the new chair of Ofsted by education secretary Nicky Morgan in her first major appointment since taking up the post earlier this month.
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24 Jul 14
There has been a ‘striking’ change in the way universities are spending money in order to support disadvantaged students, the Office for Fair Access said today as it published access agreements for...
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21 Jul 14
The government persistently miscalculates how much it will lose when it makes students loans, a problem that threatens the long-term viability of the model, MPs have warned.
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17 Jul 14
Sixty-nine local authorities are to receive extra school funding from the Department for Education for the next academic year, schools minister David Laws has confirmed.
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16 Jul 14
A think-tank has called on the government to provide parents who work at least 20 hours a week with up to 25 hours of free early education for their pre-school children.
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15 Jul 14
Schools in England are making good use of their pupil premium funding to successfully boost the attainment of disadvantaged students, Ofsted said today.
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15 Jul 14
Michael Gove has left the Department for Education to become chief whip as Prime Minister David Cameron conducts the most wide-ranging reshuffle of his government since coming to power.
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9 Jul 14
The Local Government Association has called on the next government to create local education trusts to drive school improvement across England and end the confusion over accountability following the...
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7 Jul 14
The new chair of the Local Government Association has called for councils to be given new powers to coordinate local employment support after warning that millions could be left without suitable work...
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30 Jun 14
All families should be given government help towards their childcare costs in a bid to encourage more mothers back to work, according to recommendations from the Institute for Public Policy Research.
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24 Jun 14
Unison members in local government and schools are to strike on July 10 after 58% of workers voted to take industrial action following a 1% pay offer.
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23 Jun 14
Big-data analytics has been making a major impact on cities as far apart as New York and Baghdad, saving lives and money in the process. Now the latest stage in the information revolution looks set...
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23 Jun 14
Public service inspectorates are seeking views on how they can work together to assess what local agencies are doing to help children and young people.
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20 Jun 14
The boost in the academic attainment of disadvantaged pupils in London is due to improved performance by primary schools at the turn of the millennium and not reforms to secondary schools as...
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16 Jun 14
Comptroller and auditor general Amyas Morse received a knighthood in this year’s Birthday Honours, leading a distinguished list of public servants who were recognised.
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16 Jun 14
The Local Government Association has called on the government to restore ‘stability’ to school governance by returning powers over school intervention to town halls.
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13 Jun 14
Almost a quarter of teachers do not think that pupil premium funds are being spent properly, a Sutton Trust poll has revealed.
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9 Jun 14
MPs today called on the government to tackle conflicts of interest in spending decisions taken in academies after finding some transactions may have benefited individuals with connections to the...
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9 Jun 14
Ministers have asked Ofsted to report on the scope for inspecting schools at no notice following allegations of extremism at several schools in Birmingham.
18 Aug 14A programme to support troubled families has been expanded to help vulnerable younger children get a better start in life, the government announced today.
6 Aug 14Free schools in low-income areas are failing to serve their neediest children, the first analysis of the schools’ social composition has found.
15 Jul 14Michael Gove has left the Department for Education to become chief whip as Prime Minister David Cameron conducts the most wide-ranging reshuffle of his government since coming to power.
7 Jul 14The new chair of the Local Government Association has called for councils to be given new powers to coordinate local employment support after warning that millions could be left without suitable work...
23 Jun 14Big-data analytics has been making a major impact on cities as far apart as New York and Baghdad, saving lives and money in the process. Now the latest stage in the information revolution looks set...
20 Jun 14The boost in the academic attainment of disadvantaged pupils in London is due to improved performance by primary schools at the turn of the millennium and not reforms to secondary schools as...
16 Jun 14The Local Government Association has called on the government to restore ‘stability’ to school governance by returning powers over school intervention to town halls.
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