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...
by Chris Rogers | 18 Nov 2013 | Education & Children's Services, Employment
The President of the Association of Colleges has described the quality of careers guidance available in schools in England is “nothing less than appalling”. Michele Sutton says there needs to be more impartial advice and called for more funding for the National...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Nov 2013 | Education & Children's Services
More than 30 academies have been sent warning letters amid serious concerns about their performance. The letters, sent by the Department for Education (DfE), warn the schools to improve their performance or face action – which could ultimately include being taken over...
by Chris Rogers | 7 Nov 2013 | Education & Children's Services
The Education Committee has published a report calling on Ofsted to be given powers to inspect organisations that run chains of academies. MPs on the committee called for academy chains should be open to inspection by Ofsted, in the way that local authorities can be...
by Chris Rogers | 5 Nov 2013 | Education & Children's Services
Baroness Sally Morgan, the chairman of Ofsted, has called for a radical drive to raise standards of early education, including enrolling more children in school-based nurseries. Baroness Morgan said that many deprived children had “low social skills”, poor standards...
