by Sam | 29 Aug 2014 | Children and Families
With the SEND reforms introduced by the Children and Families Act officially becoming law from Monday, the Department for Education has published a guide for local authorities on their responsibilities in regards to the transition to the new system. The guidance...
by Sam | 28 Aug 2014 | Education & Children's Services, Employment, Whitehouse News
A new poll has found that around half of Britons (48%) believe the main reason for high levels of youth unemployment in the UK is due to employers not being willing to take a chance on candidates without work experience, while 40% of Britons believe the school system...
by Sam | 27 Aug 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The discussion of class sizes continues this week, with new research from the Local Government Association (LGA) released today showing more than three-quarters of councils who responded to an LGA survey did not receive enough Government money to create the extra...
by Sam | 26 Aug 2014 | Education & Children's Services, General Election 2015, Politics
Liberal Democrat Care Minister Norman Lamb has called for drunk people who abuse A&E staff to be given an on-the-spot £50 fine as they are putting a “huge burden” on hospitals, according to The Daily Mail. Lamb went further to say that “it can be...
by Sam | 15 Aug 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Was yesterday a bit of a mixed day for Michael Gove? On the one hand, he saw the fruits of his labours with the publication of A-level pass rates; on the other he didn’t learn of the results while sat in his now former office in the Department for Education, having...
