Posts on ‘January 27th, 2009’

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- Experts to review frontline social work practice … (2009/0017)
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“EASIER AND FASTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CHILDREN’S SERVICES IS ESSENTIAL” – ED … (2009/0015)
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Children’s Secretary Ed Balls today confirmed £9m of funding for training to develop high quality phonics in early years settings and primary schools, as part of the Government’s drive to ensure every child learns to … (2009/0016)
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Doctors, social workers and police can look up details on every child in England on a controversial database from today.
The £224m directory, called ContactPoint, holds the name, address, date of birth, GP and school of all under-18s, and is aimed at helping professionals reach children they suspect are at risk. It aims to prevent children [...]

The moment Strictly Come Dancing star Darren Bennett lets on to the group of Salford schoolchildren that they are about to learn a cha-cha-cha, two robust 10-year-olds with shaven heads grab each other and begin waltzing energetically on the spot.
The scene is The Lowry arts centre in Salford, and the launch of a new dance [...]

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The government’s s risk creating a further divide between academic and vocational education, according to a survey which finds that teachers see the Diplomas as suitable for students who are “less academic” and from “poorer areas”.
The Diplomas will be offered in England in 17 subjects by 2011. The first five, [...]

Lecturers are to go on strike at 11 colleges to try to win a five-year-old pay dispute.
The colleges have failed to honour a national pay deal agreed in 2004 that would have meant a typical lecturer earning £4,511 more a year, according to the University and College Union (UCU).
The strike – planned for Thursday 5 [...]

The government sets up an independent review of delays in a £5bn scheme to renovate England’s colleges.
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Councillors are to blame for too many unfilled class places as they fail to close schools, the Welsh schools inspection body says.
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