by Sam | 24 Apr 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Analysis published by the Labour Party has found that three quarters of the Government’s flagship free schools failed to fill their places upon opening. Figures showed that of the 24 free schools opened in 2011, only 12 reached their capacity for the first year...
by Sam | 31 Mar 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Margaret Hodge, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee has criticised the Government’s decision to approve plans to spend £45 million on a new free school in central London. Labour MP Margaret Hodge dismissed the 500-place Harris Westminster Sixth Form as...
by Chris Rogers | 27 Feb 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
The Sutton Trust has found that more schools in England are using lotteries or “banding” pupils by ability to allocate place. According to research by the London School of Economics, the number of schools using banding increased from 95 in 2008 to 121 in...
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...
