Ministers will later today announce a change to planning rules to allow free schools to establish themselves in offices, warehouses or other premises without applying for planning permission first.
Councils are calling on the government to explain why it has made new and unexpected cuts of almost £50m to funds intended to support disadvantaged children and families.
Secondary school heads have cautiously backed plans to extend performance-related pay to all teachers, but warned they might not be practical when school budgets are reducing.
Teachers’ morale is in ‘crisis’, with the majority feeling untrusted by the government and unconvinced by its education policies, the National Union of Teachers said today.
Almost 25,000 extra nursery places will be required in London next year to meet a pledge by the deputy prime minister to provide free part-time early-years education for the poorest 20% of two-year-...
The government’s plans for public spending cuts over the next five years are beginning to look ‘close to inconceivable’, with further tax rises or benefits cuts likely, the Institute for Fiscal...
The government has ditched plans for local pay in the civil service, NHS and Prison Service, but will consult on giving schools more power to set salaries in line with performance, Chancellor George...
Councils have limited room to turn round struggling schools, they claimed today after Ofsted highlighted ‘stark’ variations between local authority areas and called for more intervention from town...
The rapid expansion of the academy schools programme cost the Department for Education £1bn in additional costs and put its overall financial position under pressure, auditors have found.
English universities’ financial support for poorer students varies substantially and is more generous at the more prestigious institutions, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
An extra £72m is to be spent on schools and children’s services in Northern Ireland over the next three years after the province’s education budget was revised.
Universities recruited fewer students than they expected in the first year of higher tuition fees but should be financially secure for the next couple of years, a report on higher education finances...
The Local Government Association has today called for councils to be given powers to monitor academy schools in areas where they now make up a majority of secondary schools.
Plans to cut £150m from council funding for children’s services could ‘severely hamper’ town halls’ early intervention programmes and put Sure Start children’s centres at risk, the Local Government...