A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) recommends that the Government should allow high performing local authorities to take over schools from underperforming academy chains.
According to a survey by Charity In Kind Direct, primary school children are arriving for their lessons unwashed and in dirty clothes because their parents cannot afford to buy washing powder, soap or shampoo.
The Sutton Trust is urging the Government to reform the student funding system after poll shows that the proportion of young people who think they are likely to go into Higher Education has fallen