by Sam | 9 Jun 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
The Family and Childcare Trust has published a review of the Government’s 10-year childcare strategy, Next Steps for Early Learning and Childcare, published in 2004. The report concludes that the strategy is no longer fit for purpose and fails to address the needs of...
by Sam | 4 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Ofqual has today set out its proposals for completing GCSE and A level reform. The regulator has launched a public consultation on its approach to the remaining subjects. Subject content has been published by Government, or is being developed for most of the most...
by Sam | 3 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The Telegraph has reported that over half of free schools have been established in areas with staunch support for the Labour Party, which will be as much as two-thirds when more free schools open in September. The paper suggests parents in Labour-leaning areas are...
by Sam | 2 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The Government announced last week that it has established 548 teaching schools, surpassing its 2010 commitment to establish a network of 500 teaching schools by March 2015 by almost a year. In all, 95 per cent of England’s local authorities are now covered by the...
by Sam | 2 Jun 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Oxford University research, published by the Nuffield Foundation, a charitable foundation which funds research and innovation in education and social policy, has found that private and voluntary (not-for-profit) nurseries and preschools catering for disadvantaged...
