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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.
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6 Jun 14
Over half of teachers in English state schools support using pupils’ progress and results to determine whether they should receive a pay increase, a poll for the Sutton Trust has found.
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23 May 14
The National Union of Teachers has called off a strike planned for next month to allow talks to take place with the Department for Education over pay and conditions.
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21 May 14
Local government and school staff are to hold protests across the country today as trade union Unison steps up its campaign against the pay offer made by council employers.
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16 May 14
CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman's recent articles about education, Devolution and the public sector
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12 May 14
Education Secretary Michael Gove has insisted the government’s free schools programme is being funded in addition to money provided to meet the basic need for additional places for a growing...
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8 May 14
Standards of financial management and governance in some free schools are ‘not up to scratch’, the Public Accounts Committee warned today
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8 May 14
Councils have been urged to ‘reclaim’ children’s services provision from control by Whitehall departments and inspectors so town halls can act as the local champions of the interests of children,...
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1 May 14
Schools minister David Laws has announced the government will spend £2bn on a second phase of its Priority School Building Programme in the six years from 2015.
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29 Apr 14
City councils have been urged to provide more support to collaborations between local universities and firms that could boost economic growth.
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29 Apr 14
The Local Government Association has hit out at the decision by the university admissions service to end information sharing with councils, warning this will make it harder for authorities to help...
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28 Apr 14
Public sector cuts have contributed to a massive drop off in the number of part-time students at English universities, according to the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
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23 Apr 14
The coalition’s controversial decision to increase university tuition fees to £9,000 is unlikely to substantially reduce the total taxpayer contribution to the sector, according to an analysis by the...