by Sam | 28 Mar 2014 | Education & Children's Services
BBC News has reported that Ofsted has warned E-Act that it is failing to take effective action to improve standards in many of its schools. DfE also said the performance of the schools was “extremely disappointing”. Ofsted inspectors had previously...
by Sam | 20 Mar 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Fourteen academy chains have been barred from running more schools amid serious concerns over education standards and financial mismanagement, The Telegraph reports. The Department for Education has said that 14 organisations – currently sponsoring 170 academies...
by Chris Rogers | 26 Feb 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Record numbers of children will be taught in “all-through” academies, The Telegraph reports.Figures show that the number of combined primary and secondary schools will increase by a quarter over the next two years in response to parental demand. The trend...
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 | 23 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Labour Peer and former Schools Minister Lord Adonis has claimed that up to 100 independent schools are set to enter the state sector within the next decade. Lord Adonis, President of the Independent Academies Association, said that this was due to the Government’s...
