The latest PAC report shines a spotlight on the issues inherent in the conversion of schools to academies A new report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) – entitled Converting schools to academies – shows [read more]
Councils are currently not allowed to help struggling academies and free schools – a report by the Local Government Association seeks to change the government’s mind on this The Local Government Association has released a [read more]
Data collected by the EPI suggests some MAT schools may be better off being taken over by local councils According to a new Education Policy Institute (EPI) report – entitled School performance in academy chains [read more]
Councils across the country have been given permission to use school budget money to replace the loss of the ESG A year after the education services grant (ESG) was scrapped, it has been revealed that [read more]
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the Express & Star The authority has sold off 41 plots since January 2013, raking in £6,983,937 with nearly £4m of that coming from former school land, Express [read more]
Credit: This story was first seen in the Croydon Advertiser Croydon Council will have to borrow more than £90m to cover its costs when building new schools and creating extra school places over the next four years, [read more]
CREDIT: This story was first seen the Midhurst and Petworth Observer West Sussex County Council is to be called on to provide an emergency fund of £1.3m to help schools through their ongoing financial crisis, [read more]
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