A programme to support troubled families has been expanded to help vulnerable younger children get a better start in life, the government announced today.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
Schools in England are making good use of their pupil premium funding to successfully boost the attainment of disadvantaged students, Ofsted said today.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
The Local Government Association has called on the government to restore ‘stability’ to school governance by returning powers over school intervention to town halls.
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...
Ministers have asked Ofsted to report on the scope for inspecting schools at no notice following allegations of extremism at several schools in Birmingham.
