by Chris Rogers | 3 Feb 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Speaking at the London Academy of Excellence today, the Education Secretary Michael Gove has said that he wants to break down the “Berlin Wall” between state and independent sectors. He commented that state schools are associated with “poor...
by Chris Rogers | 3 Feb 2014 | Education & Children's Services
This time last week PSI were sharing reports that Education Secretary Michael Gove and HM Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw were at loggerheads over suggestions the Government may look to reform the schools inspectorate Ofsted. This week the Chair of Ofsted,...
by Chris Rogers | 3 Feb 2014 | Children and Families
It’s been reported that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is understood to be ready to support a ban on smoking in cars with children, despite opposition to the move from senior figures, including Eric Pickles and Ken Clarke. The Government has offered a free vote on the...
by Chris Rogers | 3 Feb 2014 | Outsourcing, Politics
A court hearing into recent disturbances at Oakwood Prison, run by private firm G4S, has heard that three inmates were told by a jail gang to throw excrement over guards during the disturbance. The disorder, described as a “full scale riot”, took place...
by Chris Rogers | 3 Feb 2014 | Uncategorized
Chair of the Care Quality Commission David Prior has used an article in The Daily Telegraph to call for a “culture shift” in the NHS as, according to Prior, “parts of the NHS have developed a culture that doesn’t listen – or worse, that...
