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FINANCE
Chiefs warn school reforms not 'way forward'
By Jamie Hailstone | 16 January 2017
Council chief executives have warned that Holyrood plans to reform the way schools are run are no...
WHITEHALL
Improvement budget cut 'risks vital work'
By William Eichler | 03 January 2017
Whitehall risks undermining council-maintained schools by dramatically cutting their improvement ...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Mind the skills gap
By Garry Phillips | 14 December 2016
Garry Phillips says it is time to build the partnership between councils, education and local emp...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Brum hits back at Wilshaw 'rotten borough' attack
By Heather Jameson | 12 December 2016
Birmingham City Council has hit back at outgoing chief inspector of schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw,...
WHITEHALL
A different school of thought
By Ben Cahill | 06 December 2016
Compulsory academisation has been dropped – but challenges remain for local authorities and small...
FINANCE
A Cinderella story on skills devolution
By Cllr Teresa O’Neill | 16 November 2016
Devolving power to shape London’s skills system would enable councils and the mayor to make signi...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Axe clunky corporatism to tackle skills shortfall
By Stephanie Flanders | 16 November 2016
Ahead of her speech to the London Councils Summit 2016, Stephanie Flanders argues that achieving ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Grammatically incorrect
By Abdool Kara | 09 November 2016
Evidence shows the Government should ditch its flawed approach to grammar schools, says Abdool Kara.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Greening: Great social work should not be prescribed or defined by ministers
By Sam Clayden | 04 November 2016
Good social care should not be ‘defined’ by central government, the education secretary insisted ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Re-enfranchising the white working class
By Michael Burton | 01 November 2016
Michael Burton explains how a new report on education in Knowlsey exposes national issues politic...
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