WHITEHALL

Councils poised to join grammar schools race

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 September 2016

Local authorities could start building new schools again under Theresa May’s plans to create more...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Getting down to business on local growth

By Professor Simon Collinson | 09 September 2016

Business schools are a crucial support for local economies but the Government must proceed carefu...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Children's charity goes into administration

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 September 2016

More than 60 workers at 4Children have been made redundant, after the charity closed suddenly las...

WHITEHALL

NAO slams DfE's apprenticeship programme

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 September 2016

The National Audit Office (NAO) has criticised the Department for Education’s (DfE) handling of t...

WHITEHALL

Grammar schools branded 'palpable tosh and nonsense'

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 September 2016

Education experts have called on politicians to heed warnings by Sir Michael Wilshaw about govern...

WHITEHALL

Wilshaw: Councils must take responsibility for all schools

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 September 2016

The Government’s outgoing chief inspector of schools has called on local authority bosses to ‘sta...

FINANCE

LGA demands academy auditing powers

By Sam Clayden | 25 August 2016

Councils want to claw back control of school auditing responsibilities as leaders challenge White...

EDUCATION

The scarf's the limit

10 August 2016

Education does not stop at the school gate, but one council might be taking this missive a little...

EDUCATION

'Hugely-talented' council director dies in cycling accident

By Dan Peters | 04 August 2016

A ‘hugely-talented’ council director has died after missing a turn in fog while on a cycling holi...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Call to review home school rules

By Dan Peters | 02 August 2016

Luton Council will call for a review of home education regulations in a letter to the Government ...

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