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...
Ofsted’s review of 21 schools and academies in Birmingham has revealed that some academies breached their funding agreements by failing to provide a ‘broad and balanced’ curriculum.
Ministers have asked Ofsted to report on the scope for inspecting schools at no notice following allegations of extremism at several schools in Birmingham.
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.
The Treasury has seriously mishandled the new fee regime for universities, resulting in zero expected savings for the public coffers. And the chancellor’s scrapping of controls on student...
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.
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.
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...
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,...
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.
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...