by Sam | 3 Apr 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Ofsted’s launched their first report on early years education provision which shows the continuing gap between outcomes for children from disadvantaged background and those from more affluent ones, even before the age of five. Ofsted found that only a third of...
by Sam | 1 Apr 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Teenagers in England are ‘significantly above average’ in terms of their problem-solving skills, according to the results of international tests. Following a slew of disappointments in international school tests, the latest global rankings from the OECD...
by Sam | 31 Mar 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Margaret Hodge, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee has criticised the Government’s decision to approve plans to spend £45 million on a new free school in central London. Labour MP Margaret Hodge dismissed the 500-place Harris Westminster Sixth Form as...
by Sam | 28 Mar 2014 | Education & Children's Services
BBC News has reported that Ofsted has warned E-Act that it is failing to take effective action to improve standards in many of its schools. DfE also said the performance of the schools was “extremely disappointing”. Ofsted inspectors had previously...
by Sam | 28 Mar 2014 | Education & Children's Services, Employment
Research by the Higher Education Funding Council for England has shown students from state schools obtain better degrees than private pupils who achieved the same A-level grades. The study tracked 130,000 students beginning degrees in 2007, looking at schooling,...
