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Councils seek judicial review over loss of academies cash

Thursday, May 5, 2011

| CYP Now

Government ministers are facing a legal challenge over their decision to cut council funding by 148m to finance support services for ever-increasing numbers of academies.

Osborne announces school funding overhaul

News

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans to introduce a new national funding formula for schools to ensure money is fairly distributed between local areas.

MPs hear DfE blocked council intervention in Birmingham school

News

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.

Government attacked for management of free school projects

News

Monday, September 3, 2012

| CYP Now

The government's handling of the free school programme has come under fire with accusations of wasted money and unfair treatment.

Employers including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic to help run new technical colleges

News

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

| CYP Now

British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Jaguar Land Rover are among the local employers signed up to help educate young people at 15 new university technical colleges set to open in 2013 and 2014.

Councils wrongly picking up bill for academy conversion, claims LGA

News

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.

Daily roundup: Tougher teaching tests, adoption parties and monitoring academies

News

Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to improve teacher standards announced, positive response to "adoption party" pilots, and LGA call for council role in education, all in the news today.

DfE misses free school deadlines

News

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has missed two key deadlines set out in its own business plan, which were intended to speed up the creation of new free schools.

Daily roundup: Council sued, no action against Paris Brown and youth cuts

News

Monday, April 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Rochdale faces legal action over care comments; no further action against former youth police and crime commissioner, and half of youth service jobs to go in Warwickshire, all in the news today.

DfE overspends by £1bn on academy expansion

News

Thursday, November 22, 2012

| CYP Now

The Department for Education overspent by £1bn on its academy expansion programme in just two years, it has emerged.

MPs criticise government's free school expansion programme

News

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

| CYP Now

MPs have criticised the government's free schools programme, accusing ministers of failing to get to grips with the importance of providing school places where they are needed.

Checks on school spending must be stronger, MPs warn

News

Friday, May 11, 2012

| CYP Now

An influential group of MPs has warned that systems for monitoring schools spending in England are not up to scratch.

Schools to compete for £10,000 pupil premium award

News

Monday, May 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Schools will be asked to compete to find the best ways of spending the pupil premium, with those using the money most effectively winning £10,000, Deputy Prime minister Nick Clegg has said.

Children's services leaders query Tory school places plans

News

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

| CYP Now

The Association of Directors of Children's Services has raised concerns about plans set out by the Conservative Party to prevent councils from creating new school places in schools that have been rated less than "good".

Council criticised for school improvement failure

News

Monday, February 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Cumbria County Council is failing to challenge or support schools in its area that are struggling, education watchdog Ofsted has found.

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Councils seek judicial review over loss of academies cash

Osborne announces school funding overhaul

MPs hear DfE blocked council intervention in Birmingham school

Government attacked for management of free school projects

Employers including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic to help run new technical colleges

Councils wrongly picking up bill for academy conversion, claims LGA

Daily roundup: Tougher teaching tests, adoption parties and monitoring academies

DfE misses free school deadlines

Daily roundup: Council sued, no action against Paris Brown and youth cuts

DfE overspends by £1bn on academy expansion

MPs criticise government's free school expansion programme

Checks on school spending must be stronger, MPs warn

Schools to compete for £10,000 pupil premium award

Children's services leaders query Tory school places plans

Council criticised for school improvement failure

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