MPs condemn the “catastrophic mismanagement” of a college building scheme that could cost hundreds of millions of pounds.
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Posts on ‘July 16th, 2009’
College funding fiasco condemned
Eleven million names on school vetting database
Parents who help out on school trips or accept foreign exchange students into their homes will have to register on a government database in order to prove they are not a danger to children.
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Eleven million names on school database
Parents who help out on school trips or accept foreign exchange students into their homes will have to register on a government database in order to prove they are not a danger to children.
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Children’s Minister: Every local authority to receive financial boost for out of hours services
Children’s Minister Dawn Primarolo today announced the regional breakdown of £167m to boost out of hours services offered in schools across the … (2009/0136)
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‘Toddler to Graduate’ Academy to be part of Dorset’s Olympic legacy
- Royal Navy also on board to sponsor new school … (2009/0137)
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Ministers set out next steps in Building Schools for the Future and announce £200m to build new primary reception classes
- Barnet, Bolton, Hampshire, Peterborough, Sunderland and Wigan to join secondary-school building programme … (2009/0134)
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Balls pledges £200m for new classrooms
Emergency funds made available to ease crisis in primary school admissions, but come too late for this September’s intake
The government today announced a £200m rescue package for local authorities to build new classrooms to avoid a looming crisis in the primary schools admission system.
In some parts of England hundreds of families face a furious, last-minute [...]
Oxford fees ‘could treble next year’
Lecturers expect student fees to rise to £10,000 a year as soon as the government allows it, which could be after a general election next year
Tuition fees at Oxford University are likely to more than treble as early as next year, academics at the 900-year-old institution have warned.
Lecturers have told the Guardian they expect students [...]
Pupils marked down in Sats for not dotting their ‘i’s
Headteachers urged to complain to exam boards about inconsistent marking in this year’s school tests for 11-year-olds
Eleven-year-olds lost marks for not dotting their ‘i’s in school tests taken across England this summer, headteachers said today..
Other pupils’ Sats papers were marked down for correctly spelling words and demonstrating a flair with language, the National Association of [...]
Heads raise Sats ‘inaccuracies’
A head teachers’ union says it has received about 100 complaints relating to Sats results in England.
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