by Sam | 20 Mar 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Ian Bauckham, President of the Association of School and College Leaders, has called for the number of routine inspections to be drastically reduced. Although Bauckham said that inspectors should carry out their role without fear he added that Ofsted should limit the...
by Sam | 17 Mar 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Policy Exchange has published its report on Ofsted, which proposes an overhaul of its inspection model. The report raises concerns about the number of Ofsted inspectors employed part-time by private firms, and the lack experience inspectors often have of primary...
by Sam | 14 Mar 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The Department for Education has published proposals to allocate an additional £350m in 2015-16 to schools, which increase the per-pupil budgets for the least fairly funded local areas. The Government intends that every local area will attract a minimum level of...
by Sam | 11 Mar 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Nick Clegg’s free school meals scheme “just wasn’t thought through properly”, said the vice-president of the National Association of Head Teachers. The NAHT’s Gail Larkin said the “policy was a nice soundbite and took us all by...
by Sam | 10 Mar 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Schools Minister David Laws MP has said that the government’s plans to give free meals to all infant school pupils in England will happen on time. This was in response to the Chairman of the Education Committee, Graham Stuart MP, who said schools would struggle...
