by Chris Rogers | 7 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The charity Impetus-PEF has proposed that the pupil premium should be allocated to schools on a payment-by-results basis. It says that schools should only receive payments if they can demonstrate improvements in exam results and that pupils go on to get a job,...
by Chris Rogers | 7 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The OCR exam board is leading a project to help professionalise the system of marking in GCSEs and A-levels, The Telegraph reports. Exam marking is to be overhauled under reforms designed to eradicate the “systematic acceptance of errors” in GCSEs and...
by Chris Rogers | 7 Jan 2014 | Uncategorized
NHS England’s review of occupational health services for GPs, formerly provided by PCTs in England, is to conclude that GPs will only be able to receive funding for occupational health services if concerns have been raised over their performance or if the GP...
by Chris Rogers | 7 Jan 2014 | Economy
MPs have expressed concern that cuts to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will leave the Government less able to deal with emergencies such as flooding and ash dieback. The department announced last week it would be cutting 1,500 jobs by October...
by Chris Rogers | 7 Jan 2014 | Economy
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has called on consumers to buy British fruit and vegetables to help boost the rural economy. In a speech to the Oxford Farming Conference Paterson said that UK imports 24% of its food in spite of the availability of...
