by Sam | 23 Jul 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
The Department for Education has launched a consultation into draft proposals which give admission authorities the option to prioritise disadvantaged children in their admission arrangements. Under the draft admissions code, all state-funded schools would have the...
by Sam | 16 Jul 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Ofsted published a report today revealing the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers is closing in some parts of the country, but warned other parts were improving too slowly. The report is the third in a series of updates on the progress schools...
by Chris Rogers | 2 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
It has been suggested that schools are missing out on millions of pounds of funding set aside for poor pupils because families are failing to claim free lunches. Research published by the Department for Education shows that 161,400 children eligible for free school...
