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Government's Apprenticeship Plans 'Lacking Ambition' Says Industry Body
Government's Apprenticeship Plans "Lacking Ambition" Says Industry Body
Education
The British Retail Consortium, which represents major businesses across the UK, has criticised the government's latest plans for apprenticeships, which they say have failed to reform existing schemes in line with industry requests.
Childcare Sector Insists Workforce 'Has To Grow' To Cope With Free Hours Expansion
Education
Childcare Sector Insists Workforce "Has To Grow" To Cope With Free Hours Expansion
Childcare Sector Warns Of 'Postcode Lottery' For Availability Of Free Hours
Education
Childcare Sector Warns Of "Postcode Lottery" For Availability Of Free Hours
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Education
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Former Schools Minister Insists Teachers Must Be Paid More To Avert Staffing Crisis
Education
Former Schools Minister Insists Teachers Must Be Paid More To Avert Staffing Crisis
Tory MPs Want Tax Relief And Top Up Payments To Help Nurseries Fund Free Hours
Education
Tory MPs Want Tax Relief And Top Up Payments To Help Nurseries Fund Free Hours
Hundreds Of Children's Homes Deemed Substandard By Ofsted
Education
Hundreds Of Children's Homes Deemed Substandard By Ofsted
The House Live
The winner of the next election must deal with the costs of botched and delayed projects
Education
By Meg Hillier MP
The winner of the next election must deal with the costs of botched and delayed projects
Truancy trials – meet the parents hit by the single justice procedure
Education
By Andrew Kersley
Truancy trials – meet the parents hit by the single justice procedure
Raising attainment and alleviating challenges in schools Partner content
Education
By Policy@Manchester
Raising attainment and alleviating challenges in schools
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Tories Are Hopeful Rishi Sunak Can Swerve Local Elections Backlash From MPs
Tories Are Hopeful Rishi Sunak Can Swerve Local Elections Backlash From MPs
Political parties
Tory Hopes Are Hanging On The West Midlands Mayoral Race
Tory Hopes Are Hanging On The West Midlands Mayoral Race
Political parties
Former Justice Secretary Doubts 'Pyjama Injunction' Will Block Rwanda Deportations
Former Justice Secretary Doubts "Pyjama Injunction" Will Block Rwanda Deportations
Home affairs
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Supply teacher: How schools became the last outpost of the welfare state
Education
By Sophie Church
Supply teacher: How schools became the last outpost of the welfare state
Britain’s welfare state is in retreat – but should schools plug the gap? Sophie Church visits one outpost to see if the model is sustainable
'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview
Education
By Sophie Church
'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview
Children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza tells Sophie Church why Elon Musk needs to take his fatherhood more seriously and why she thinks the Home Office ‘shouldn’t have anything to do with children’
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Education
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
English state schools plunged into a financial deficit last year, new figures have shown, with teachers’ leaders warning of a “bleak” future.
Education news
The winner of the next election must deal with the costs of botched and delayed projects
Education
By Meg Hillier MP
The winner of the next election must deal with the costs of botched and delayed projects
For the past twelve years I have questioned senior civil servants directly accountable to Parliament for spending taxpayers’ money. Much of that time has been examining projects gone awry and vast sums of taxpayers’ money wasted.
Truancy trials – meet the parents hit by the single justice procedure
Education
By Andrew Kersley
Truancy trials – meet the parents hit by the single justice procedure
Truancy laws mean that parents of children who miss school can be fined and prosecuted under a fast-track legal process. But is the system flawed, and should some absence cases be treated as a health issue, not an attendance one? Andrew Kersley reports
Raising attainment and alleviating challenges in schools Partner content
Education
By Policy@Manchester
Raising attainment and alleviating challenges in schools
New report from The University of Manchester highlights key challenges facing today’s primary and secondary schools
Addressing the teacher recruitment and retention crisis Partner content
Education
By National Foundation for Educational Research
Addressing the teacher recruitment and retention crisis
It’s time to fix pay and workload so that children have the teachers they need
Government's Apprenticeship Plans 'Lacking Ambition' Says Industry Body
Education
Government's Apprenticeship Plans "Lacking Ambition" Says Industry Body
The British Retail Consortium, which represents major businesses across the UK, has criticised the government's latest plans for apprenticeships, which they say have failed to reform existing schemes in line with industry requests.
Why the nuclear industry needs a joined up approach to skills Partner content
Education
By EDF
Why the nuclear industry needs a joined up approach to skills
Addressing the nuclear skills gap, Matthew Lay, Head of EDF Nuclear Skills Alliance, calls for a collaborative approach to tackle the growing demand for talent
Making apprenticeships work for young people Partner content
Education
By National Foundation for Educational Research
Making apprenticeships work for young people
A strategy for reversing the decline in youth apprenticeships is one of the vital ingredients missing from UK skills policy
Breaking down barriers in the Early Careers space Partner content
Education
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Breaking down barriers in the Early Careers space
2024 marks a milestone year for Early Careers at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners as we celebrate a decade since the introduction of our company-wide apprenticeship programme. What started as a small cohort of five engineering apprentices has grown to a 177-strong group that spans multi sectors, including Supply Chain, Logistics, Field Sales, Business Administration and Legal. National Apprenticeship Week marks the perfect time to reflect on how far we’ve come, while looking at opportunities for this space to evolve further.
Supply teacher: How schools became the last outpost of the welfare state
Education
By Sophie Church
Supply teacher: How schools became the last outpost of the welfare state
Britain’s welfare state is in retreat – but should schools plug the gap? Sophie Church visits one outpost to see if the model is sustainable
Retraining for an exciting new career Partner content
Education
By Sellafield Ltd
Retraining for an exciting new career
Sellafield Ltd’s Stephen Woodburn has proven that it’s never too late to take on a new challenge having completed his apprenticeship aged 48
Banning children from social media would be short-sighted
Education
By Baroness Kidron
Banning children from social media would be short-sighted
Reaction to the announcement shortly after the passage of the Online Safety Act that the Prime Minister was considering banning social media for under-16s was something of a mixed bag.
Plugging the skills gap: Reforming the apprenticeship levy to grow a green economy Partner content
Education
By Mitie
Plugging the skills gap: Reforming the apprenticeship levy to grow a green economy
Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week next week, Jasmine Hudson, Chief People Officer at Mitie, discusses how reforming the Apprenticeship Levy to allow for more flexible and shorter courses can help plug the UK’s green skills gap
Screens in schools are harming our children
Education
By Sophie Winkleman
Screens in schools are harming our children
"There’s clear scientific evidence that digital tools impair rather than enhance student learning”.
'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview
Education
By Sophie Church
'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview
Children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza tells Sophie Church why Elon Musk needs to take his fatherhood more seriously and why she thinks the Home Office ‘shouldn’t have anything to do with children’
Childcare Sector Insists Workforce 'Has To Grow' To Cope With Free Hours Expansion
Education
Childcare Sector Insists Workforce "Has To Grow" To Cope With Free Hours Expansion
Leaders in the childcare sector have said that the workforce “has to grow” if the sector is to cope with the upcoming expansion of free hours, but worry that efforts by Government to launch a large-scale recruitment campaign could amount to “too little too late”.
Childcare Sector Warns Of 'Postcode Lottery' For Availability Of Free Hours
Education
Childcare Sector Warns Of "Postcode Lottery" For Availability Of Free Hours
Parents and carers could be faced with a “postcode lottery” when the government expands free childcare hours this year, a sector leader has warned.
Partner content
Education
By Pearson
Students to sit GCSE English onscreen for the first time next summer with Pearson Edexcel exam board
All Pearson Edexcel GCSEs to have onscreen option by 2030
Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
IET response to the House of Lords Education for 11-16 Year Olds Committee’s report: ‘Requires Improvement: Urgent change for 11-16 Education’
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is pleased see the release of the House of Lords Education for 11-16 Year Olds Committee’s report: Requires Improvement: Urgent change for 11-16 Education.
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Education
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
English state schools plunged into a financial deficit last year, new figures have shown, with teachers’ leaders warning of a “bleak” future.
Partner content
Education
By Pearson
PISA results reveal students in the UK have higher than average levels of maths, reading and science
A series of newly released reports have revealed today that students in the UK score above the international average in mathematics, reading and science.
Former Schools Minister Insists Teachers Must Be Paid More To Avert Staffing Crisis
Education
By Francis Elliott
Former Schools Minister Insists Teachers Must Be Paid More To Avert Staffing Crisis
Nick Gibb, the long-standing former schools minister, has said pay will have to increase to address acute teacher shortages.
Partner content
Education
By Policy@Manchester
Action needed to support vulnerable children through primary-secondary school transitions
The number of children experiencing poor emotional wellbeing during their transition from primary to secondary school is rising rapidly, a leading educational psychology expert has warned.
Covid-19 Inquiry: Children deserve a proper explanation for what went on during the pandemic
Coronavirus
By Dan Paskins
Covid-19 Inquiry: Children deserve a proper explanation for what went on during the pandemic
When some of the big names from Downing Street’s coronavirus response turned up to the Covid-19 Inquiry last month, the hearing descended into a foul-mouthed political circus.
Tory MPs Want Tax Relief And Top Up Payments To Help Nurseries Fund Free Hours
Education
Tory MPs Want Tax Relief And Top Up Payments To Help Nurseries Fund Free Hours
A top-up payment scheme and tax relief for nurseries are among measures Conservative MPs would like to see in the Autumn Statement to support the government’s extension of free childcare hours from next year.
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The road to proactive government
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The road to proactive government
Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
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Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
Net Zero Week 2024
2024
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Net Zero Week 2024