ASCL: Forgotten Third Commission recommends scrapping GCSE English Language
GCSE English Language should be replaced with a new qualification called a Passport in English in order to end the misery of an exam system which condemns more than a third of 16-year-olds to a sense of failure every year...
Wednesday, 11 September 2019 00:01
NEU comments on National Audit Office on SEND
Commenting on the National Audit Office report Support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities [SEND] in England, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Wednesday, 11 September 2019 00:01
LGA responds to NAO SEND report
Responding to a report by the National Audit Office on the need to review the education of children with special educational needs...
Wednesday, 11 September 2019 00:01
ASCL comment on SEND report
Responding to the National Audit Office report on support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in England, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Wednesday, 11 September 2019 00:01
Labour will have to clean up the Tories’ mess on Brexit – Starmer
Keir Starmer will tomorrow [Wednesday] tell the Trade Union Congress in Brighton that Labour will have to “clean up the mess left by the Tories” on Brexit...
Tuesday, 10 September 2019 22:30
Government pledges £62m flood funding for communities in England
New flood boost will better protect over 9,004 homes...
Tuesday, 10 September 2019 19:14
UK gets international backing to host global climate summit in 2020
The UK today received a huge boost for our work to tackle climate change as international allies formally gave their backing for Britain to host COP26 in 2020...
Tuesday, 10 September 2019 19:06
Spending Round gives big boost to local communities
Councils across England are set to receive the biggest year-on-year?real-terms increase in funding for almost a decade, after details of the Spending Round were announced...
Tuesday, 10 September 2019 17:22
Ofgem appoints Utilita Energy to take on customers of Eversmart Energy
Ofgem has appointed Utilita Energy Limited to take on supplying Eversmart Energy Limited’s domestic customers, and the small number of business customers...
Tuesday, 10 September 2019 15:54
Minister for Defence Procurement Anne-Marie Trevelyan's speech at DSEI
Minister for Defence Procurement Anne-Marie Trevelyan's keynote speech on the opening day of Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2019...
Tuesday, 10 September 2019 14:59