Scottish ministers rebuked over vague home school advice
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Scotland Remote learning Local authority
  • Jan 8, 2021
DfE wants tougher scrutiny of LA school finances
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DfE Local authority Financial
  • Jul 11, 2019
One in three LAs could run out of child protection cash
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Local authority Funding Child protection
  • Jul 2, 2019
Failing schools more likely to improve under LA control, new study claims
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School performance Failing schools Local authority Academy conversions
  • May 23, 2019
Peacehaven academy plans axed after parent and staff campaign
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Protests Primary Local authority Academy conversions
  • May 23, 2019
England's largest teacher union wants colleges back under local authority control
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Unions Colleges Local authority Post-16
  • May 3, 2019
Outsourced schools: the Essex mums fighting back (podcast)
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Primary Ofsted ratings Academisation Local authority
  • Mar 25, 2019
The local authority failed: we had to fill the void
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Local authority Conference Funding
  • Jan 22, 2019
Norfolk council rebuked over special needs provision
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Special needs SEN Provision Local authority
  • Jan 16, 2019
Margaret Thatcher: let all schools in Scotland opt out of council control
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Scotland Local authority
  • Dec 28, 2018
Local Councils call for extension of nursery school funding
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LGA Local authority Local Government Association Nursery schools Funding
  • Dec 24, 2018
Councils have SEND conflict of interest, parents warn
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SEND Parents Local authority Education Committee
  • Dec 4, 2018
Local authority childcare funding rates to remain largely unchanged
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Local authority Childcare Funding EYNFF
  • Nov 23, 2018
Councils spend £166m on taxis for SEND pupils
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SEND Local authority Travel costs
  • Nov 21, 2018
Councils blow £100m in special needs battle
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SEND Local authority
  • Nov 17, 2018
LA and school expenditure: 2016 to 2017 financial year
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School expenditure Local authority Funding
  • Oct 24, 2018
Schools underfunded by £2bn a year, councils claim
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NFF Local authority Education spending
  • Oct 11, 2018
Head teachers criticise Northamptonshire education cuts
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School cuts Headteachers Local authority
  • Oct 8, 2018
Families launch legal bid to prevent SEND cuts
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SEND Local authority
  • Oct 3, 2018
Parents in High Court battle with Surrey Council over special needs funding cuts
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SEN Funding Local authority
  • Oct 3, 2018
Planned LA and school expenditure: 2018 to 2019 financial year
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School expenditure Local authority Secondary schools Primary schools Budgets Funding
  • Sep 27, 2018
Sats results: Gap between authorities widens
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KS2 Exam results Local authority SATs Reading Writing Mathematics
  • Sep 4, 2018
Children's services spending rises by £368m
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Funding Local authority
  • Aug 24, 2018
ESFA Update: 15 August 2018
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ESFA Academies Colleges Local authority Training providers
  • Aug 15, 2018
Schools have ‘strong legal case to make councils fully fund SEND provision’
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SEND Local authority
  • Jun 23, 2018
New £50m fund to create extra places and facilities for children with SEND
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SEN Funding DfE DfE Local authority
  • May 29, 2018
Monthly local authority payments split the early years sector
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Local authority DfE
  • May 28, 2018
Cuts put deaf children's education at 'breaking point'
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Deaf SEND Local authority
  • May 14, 2018
Councils forced to raid funds for overstretched state schools to support rise in number of special needs children
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SEND Local authority
  • May 13, 2018
Which local authorities got flexibility on high needs funding?
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State funded Local authority
  • Apr 29, 2018
Northants council plunders £9m from school improvement fund
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Local authority Strategic School Improvement Fund School improvement
  • Apr 21, 2018
Labour suspend serving Rochdale councillor who 'lied' to child sexual abuse inquiry
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Boarding schools Sexual abuse Local authority Historical abuse
  • Apr 12, 2018
Child abuse at residential school lasted for decades, panel finds
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Sexual abuse Historical abuse Local authority
  • Apr 12, 2018
Ex-Rochdale council leader lied to us, child abuse inquiry finds
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Historical abuse Sexual abuse Exploitation Local authority
  • Apr 12, 2018
Apprenticeship policy should be devolved to city regions, say councils
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Apprenticeships Policy Devolution Local authority
  • Mar 2, 2018
Half of councils contributing to adoption support 'match-funding'
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Local authority
  • Feb 26, 2018
Councils burn through fifth of school reserves in a year
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Local authority Funding
  • Feb 11, 2018
The local authorities with the biggest staffing cuts
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Job cuts Budgets Local authority
  • Feb 11, 2018
FE data library - local authority tables: FE and schools learner participation breakdown by local authority
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DfE Statistics Learner participation Local authority
  • Jan 25, 2018
Local authorities collecting sensitive pupil data without consent
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Pupil data Alternative provision Legal action Local authority
  • Jan 9, 2018
Councils are ‘powerless to tackle’ rogue faith schools
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Faith schools Local authority
  • Jan 6, 2018
FE data library: local authority tables
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DfE Learner participation Local authority
  • Dec 21, 2017
Council demands £1m from MAT that abandoned a failing school
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Schools Week Schools Funding Local authority MAT
  • Dec 16, 2017
Government rejects call to hand councils academy powers
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DfE Local authority Academies MATs
  • Dec 1, 2017
Ofsted Watch: Three councils told adult learning requires improvement
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Ofsted Local authority Inspections
  • Nov 3, 2017
Councils don't have enough money to meet their statutory duties to children
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Local authority
  • Oct 31, 2017
Transport to education and training for people aged 16 to 18
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Local authority Transport FE
  • Oct 26, 2017
The Tory council that failed its children
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Guardian Schools Ofsted Gloucestershire Local authority Ofsted rating Conservatives
  • Oct 4, 2017