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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
Norfolk and the Isle of Wight are the first two local authorities to be visited by Ofsted inspectors under the watchdog’s new school improvement programme.
Universities increased their spending on projects to widen participation in higher education by 5% in 2011/12, an analysis by the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the Office for Fair...
English councils are to be given a £94m education refund for 2012/13 after Whitehall took too much from local authority grants to pay for services at academy schools.
Two-thirds of schoolchildren are worried about the cost of going to university, with concerns most marked among children from poorer families, a survey has revealed.
The government has confirmed that Whitehall cuts agreed yesterday will not affect council funding, which is still being negotiated by the various departments.
Higher education funding should be reformed to protect universities from an ‘avalanche’ of government cuts, the Institute for Public Policy Research said today.