The government’s pledge to open a further 500 free schools in England is being put into practice, with Education Secretary Nicky Morgan inviting applications for new schools.
Children’s charity Barnardo’s is calling on the government to act now to stop the decrease in funding of children’s centres, following new calculations that reveal a dramatic budget decrease of over 35 per cent since 2010.
In a speech to health leaders in central London, the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced that tackling child hood obesity would be a priority for the NHS.
Property website Rightmove has added a new feature that enables viewers to access the Ofsted results of the schools located near to where they plan to move.
The Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics has released research that suggests the banning of mobile phones at school could lead to better academic results.
Nicky Morgan, the Education Secretary, has announced plans to intervene immediately in failing state schools, and extend the academies programme to tackle "coasting schools".
Speaking at the National Association of Head Teachers’ annual conference, schools minister David Laws has said that Ofsted’s inspection system make it easier for schools to gain a ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ rating than schools that are in ‘challenging circumstances’.
Protesters from teaching unions and global justice NGOs lobbied against education firm Pearson, to question the company’s record on investing in ‘low cost’ private schools.
The Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) has handed over eight schools to local sponsors, as they were ‘geographically isolated’ from the trust’s other schools.