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Council leaders call for more power to help struggling schools

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

| CYP Now

High-performing maintained schools should be able to sponsor struggling schools without having to become an academy first, council leaders have said.

Government dismisses MPs' concerns over 'Trojan Horse' scandal

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Monday, June 29, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has rejected concerns raised by a powerful group of MPs about how it dealt with the Trojan Horse scandal involving several schools in Birmingham.

LSCBs in crisis due to funding shortfall, report reveals

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Monday, June 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Local safeguarding children's boards (LSCB) are at "breaking point" because their health, criminal justice and education members are failing to provide enough funding or attend meetings, according to a damning report.

LGA: Give councils greater school intervention powers

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils should be given greater authority to intervene swiftly in all schools where there are concerns over poor performance and slipping standards, local government leaders have said.

Early education focus for Lib Dems election manifesto

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have unveiled more details of how it will boost free childcare and education support for disadvantaged children if it forms the next government.

Work skills training at centre of Labour's education manifesto

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Friday, April 10, 2015

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has pledged a raft of improvements to careers support and vocational training in schools if it wins the next general election.

Ofsted slams standard of Stoke schools

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

| CYP Now

Stoke-on-Trent Council has been criticised by Ofsted for failing to improve standards in the city's schools.

Charity slams academy exclusion practices

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Academies have been criticised for having an "alarmingly higher" rate of pupil exclusions than state schools and for failing to reinstate pupils on appeal.

ADCS criticises academies for refusing to take on new pupils

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| CYP Now

The government is being urged to take action against academies that are refusing to admit new pupils during term time.

LGA calls for council powers to create more schools

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Friday, February 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Government should reverse its decision to ban councils from opening new schools, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.

Academy safeguarding confusion risks pupil welfare, MPs warn

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Friday, January 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Pupil safety is being put at risk due to confusion over safeguarding arrangements for academies, MPs have warned.

'No evidence academies improve children's outcomes' - MPs

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

| CYP Now

There is no evidence that the government's flagship academies programme is improving outcomes for disadvantaged children, MPs have concluded.

Ofsted chief: Poor leadership, not structures, causes schools to fail

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

| CYP Now

The debate on whether schools should remain under local authority control in order to maintain standards is "outdated" and "sterile", according to Ofsted's chief inspector.

Councils wrongly picking up bill for academy conversion, claims LGA

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Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities are "unfairly" having to pay millions of pounds a year to convert schools to academy status, the Local Government Association (LGA) has claimed.

Morgan rules out more school commissioners

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has ruled out increasing the number of regional schools commissioners, even if their role significantly increases in the future as the Conservatives envisage.

IPPR calls for creation of local school commissioners to prevent more 'cracks in the system'

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Local commissioners should be introduced to oversee new school places, hold academies to account and coordinate area-wide education improvement work, a think-tank has said.

ADCS president calls for greater council oversight of academy funding

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Giving local authorities powers to monitor how academy schools spend money would ensure they better served the interests of vulnerable children, the president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.

Give councils more powers to monitor post-16 education outcomes, says Ofsted

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to call on the government to give local authorities legal powers to obtain data from schools and training providers on the number of young people dropping out of education.

MPs hear DfE blocked council intervention in Birmingham school

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

An early attempt by Birmingham City Council to intervene in a troubled school was rejected by the Department for Education, MPs have heard.

Daily roundup: GCSE results, fines and Neet figures

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Figures show fall in English GCSE grades; number of fines issued to parents in Suffolk for allowing their children to miss school rises by 500 per cent; and Department for Education reveals drop in young people not in education, employment or training, all in the news today.

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Council leaders call for more power to help struggling schools

Government dismisses MPs' concerns over 'Trojan Horse' scandal

LSCBs in crisis due to funding shortfall, report reveals

LGA: Give councils greater school intervention powers

Early education focus for Lib Dems election manifesto

Work skills training at centre of Labour's education manifesto

Ofsted slams standard of Stoke schools

Charity slams academy exclusion practices

ADCS criticises academies for refusing to take on new pupils

LGA calls for council powers to create more schools

Academy safeguarding confusion risks pupil welfare, MPs warn

'No evidence academies improve children's outcomes' - MPs

Ofsted chief: Poor leadership, not structures, causes schools to fail

Councils wrongly picking up bill for academy conversion, claims LGA

Morgan rules out more school commissioners

IPPR calls for creation of local school commissioners to prevent more 'cracks in the system'

ADCS president calls for greater council oversight of academy funding

Give councils more powers to monitor post-16 education outcomes, says Ofsted

MPs hear DfE blocked council intervention in Birmingham school

Daily roundup: GCSE results, fines and Neet figures

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