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1 Oct 13
The ‘friends and family test’ used to judge the quality of NHS hospitals is to expanded to other public services, including job centres and further education colleges, Cabinet Office minister Francis...
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18 Sep 13
Schools minister David Laws has revealed that the government is considering making long-term capital allocations to councils to provide new school places, in a bid to tackle what he called the ‘...
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16 Sep 13
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said he would support continuing to ring-fence spending on both the NHS and schools over the five years to the end of the next parliament in 2020.
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16 Sep 13
The National Union of Teachers has launched a campaign highlighting what it calls the ‘crisis’ in school place provision and calling for local government to be given powers to open new schools.
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13 Sep 13
Schools in Wales could potentially save £9m a year if the level of teacher absences could be reduced to the level in England, a report by the Wales Audit Office has found
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9 Sep 13
School performance in England has experienced a rapid improvement, with 600,000 more children now receiving an education judged as ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, Ofsted said today.
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5 Sep 13
The two largest teaching unions are to hold one-day strikes next month as their dispute with the government over changes to pay, pensions, working conditions and jobs escalates.
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5 Sep 13
Nearly one-third of public sector workers are considering returning to work part-time after their retirement due to concerns over how they will be able to cope financially.
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4 Sep 13
School head teachers are now able to link teachers’ pay to performance after education secretary Michael Gove confirmed the extension of this flexibility from academies to maintained schools in...
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3 Sep 13
No further free schools should be created in areas where there is a surplus of school places so that funding can be focused on parts of the country that face a squeeze on capacity, the Local...
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29 Aug 13
Rob Whiteman likes to pump up the volume, whether it’s belting out operatic arias or singing the praises of accountants. CIPFA’s new chief executive tells PF he intends to be a vocal presence in the...
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29 Aug 13
Scotland’s colleges should think hard before seeking easy savings by sacking teaching staff, Audit Scotland has warned.
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16 Aug 13
Universities in Scotland are poised to benefit financially in the coming year from a record influx of students from the rest of the UK, paying fees of up to £9,000 a year and from non-European...
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15 Aug 13
Around one-fifth of the UK’s economic growth in recent decades resulted from a rise in the number of university graduates, researchers have found.
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8 Aug 13
More than 12,000 additional graduates are needed for work in nurseries and childcare, a think tank has said.
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23 Jul 13
Local government finance settlements are ‘deeply unfair’ to rural communities, according to MPs.
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23 Jul 13
Young people from the most disadvantaged backgrounds are now more likely than ever to apply to university, despite the controversy two years ago over tuition fees.
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4 Jul 13
Too few schools are taking advantage of new freedoms to recruit governors for their skills, MPs said today.
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1 Jul 13
Pressure on public sector budgets has led to a rise in zero-hours contracts, particularly in the care sector. The biggest losers are vulnerable service-users and staff on poor pay and insecure hours...
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26 Jun 13
Education and health emerged as relative winners from today's Spending Review, with the chancellor pledging an overhaul of the school funding system and reaffirming the government’s commitment to the...
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20 Jun 13
Schools in many rural, semi-rural and coastal English local authorities are failing their poorest children, Ofsted said today.
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19 Jun 13
Planned increases in the pupil premium should be focused on primary schools to ensure resources are targeted where they are most needed, the Institute for Public Policy Research said today.
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14 Jun 13
England’s top universities have become less socially representative over the past decade, an examination of admissions by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has revealed today.
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13 Jun 13
The Treasury has launched an initiative to cut costs in projects built using the controversial Private Finance Initiative by urging private operators of hospitals and schools to agree to a code of...
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12 Jun 13
Public sector employment in the UK continues to decline, falling by 22,000 to 5.7 million over the first three months of the year, official figures show.
1 Oct 13The ‘friends and family test’ used to judge the quality of NHS hospitals is to expanded to other public services, including job centres and further education colleges, Cabinet Office minister Francis...
4 Sep 13School head teachers are now able to link teachers’ pay to performance after education secretary Michael Gove confirmed the extension of this flexibility from academies to maintained schools in...
3 Sep 13No further free schools should be created in areas where there is a surplus of school places so that funding can be focused on parts of the country that face a squeeze on capacity, the Local...
29 Aug 13Rob Whiteman likes to pump up the volume, whether it’s belting out operatic arias or singing the praises of accountants. CIPFA’s new chief executive tells PF he intends to be a vocal presence in the...
23 Jul 13Local government finance settlements are ‘deeply unfair’ to rural communities, according to MPs.
1 Jul 13Pressure on public sector budgets has led to a rise in zero-hours contracts, particularly in the care sector. The biggest losers are vulnerable service-users and staff on poor pay and insecure hours...
20 Jun 13Schools in many rural, semi-rural and coastal English local authorities are failing their poorest children, Ofsted said today.
14 Jun 13England’s top universities have become less socially representative over the past decade, an examination of admissions by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has revealed today.
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