by Sam | 9 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The Department for Education has made a U-turn over its decision not to publish the results of a key early years consultation, which included plans to raise child: adult ratios in early years settings, following an appeal by the union Unison. Sixty-six per cent of...
by Sam | 9 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services
A new report published this week by the think tank IPPR says Britain needs stronger and better quality vocational education. The report describes the “focus by successive governments on expanding higher education, with relatively little attention paid to vocational...
by Sam | 9 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services
From today, there will be a new two-stage inspection process whereby inspectors will check on the quality of training and the trainees’ teaching in the summer term. This will be followed by a second stage in the autumn term when Ofsted inspectors will see new teachers...
by Sam | 9 Jun 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
The Family and Childcare Trust has published a review of the Government’s 10-year childcare strategy, Next Steps for Early Learning and Childcare, published in 2004. The report concludes that the strategy is no longer fit for purpose and fails to address the needs of...
by Sam | 6 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services, Whitehouse News
One in four Britons believe that schools should have the most responsibility for setting their own curriculum, according to a new ComRes poll commissioned by political communications specialist the Whitehouse Consultancy. The poll for the Whitehouse Consultancy found...
