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Cornwall shelves plans to convert all pupil referral units to academy status

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Government hopes that pupil referral units will take up academy status have suffered a setback after it emerged that council chiefs in Cornwall have shelved plans to convert seven alternative education centres in the area.

Daily roundup: Olympic seats, Safeguarding in Tower Hamlets and mental health online

Other

Monday, July 30, 2012

Local school children drafted in to fill empty seats at London 2012, Ofsted praise for Tower Hamlets and cash for digital mood monitoring, all make the news today.

Daily roundup: Kent academies, homelessness in Burnley and youth philanthropy

Other

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Academies and concerns over school places in Kent, Burnley's homelessness problem and 40,000 young philanthropists, all make the news today.

Daily roundup: Underperforming academies, the ‘bedroom tax', and Virgin health services in Devon

Other

Thursday, February 21, 2013

The Department for Education writes to seven academies over poor standards, charities warn the 'bedroom tax' will hit disabled children, and a vote over plans to privatise child health services in Devon, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: School standards, safeguarding, and outdoor play

Other

Monday, April 7, 2014

DfE officials warn Gove greater school intervention powers are needed; plight of vulnerable children at transport hubs is raised; and survey reveals drop in outdoor play, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: GCSE results, fines and Neet figures

News

Thursday, August 21, 2014

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.

Minister outlines future education role for councils

News

Friday, December 11, 2015

The government has clarified the role it expects councils to play in shaping and monitoring local education services as the number of schools that convert to academy status increases.

Parliamentary committee to investigate 'patchy' school careers guidance

News

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

MPs have launched an inquiry into the "patchy" quality of careers guidance services.

LSCBs in crisis due to funding shortfall, report reveals

News

Monday, June 15, 2015

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.

Experts pan Zac Goldsmith proposals for gang member free school

News

Friday, April 8, 2016

Leading youth justice figures have criticised proposals from the Conservative London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith to establish a free school for gang members.

Schools shake-up ushers in academies everywhere as councils left in the cold

Other

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

The government plans to turn every school into an academy and end local authorities' duty for school improvement, but a lack of quality academy chains and systems of accountability mean councils may still have a part to play.

Disadvantaged schools have fewer qualified teachers

News

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Schools with high-levels of less well-off pupils have fewer experienced teachers and the teaching is less effective, a study has found.

Daily roundup: School league tables, apprenticeships, and serious case review apology

Other

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Plans for alternative school league tables announced, survey highlights popularity of apprenticeships, and Oxfordshire's Safeguarding Children Board issues serious case review apology, all in the news today.

£200m education funding cut threatens accountability, council leaders warn

News

Friday, July 4, 2014

Government plans to cut school budgets by £200m will damage councils' ability to hold schools to account and help those that are struggling to improve, council leaders have warned.

Council leaders call for greater school intervention powers

News

Monday, June 16, 2014

The government must give local authorities powers to intervene in troubled schools in a bid to restore stability in the education system, council leaders have said.

Free schools cost three times higher than estimated

News

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

The Department for Education massively underestimated the cost of setting up its free schools programme, favouring speed over value for money, according to a new report.

Daily roundup: Disabled athletes, free schools, and children's centres in Sheffield

Other

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Research into children's views on disability and the Paralympics, figures show one in four free school applications come from religious groups, and plans to reorganise children's centres in Sheffield, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: School place shortages, public sector pay and children's play

Other

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Fears over extent of school places, call for more public sector pay cuts and obstacles to children's play, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Playing fields, High Court ruling on social workers and Northamptonshire children in care

Other

Friday, August 17, 2012

A government apology over inaccurate school playing fields figures, social workers breach mum and baby's rights, and children missing from care in Northamptonshire, all in the news today.

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

Other

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Rochdale appoints an interim head of children's social services, Ofsted is criticised over its new complaints framework, and a call for profit-making firms to take charge of the worst schools, all in the news today.

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