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Education in the media: 13 June 2017
Today’s blog welcomes back Justine Greening as Secretary of State for Education and looks at new figures that show the number of children going to their preferred choice of school is on the rise.
School places
Education in the media: 19 April 2017
Today’s news review examines coverage of primary school offer day, and a report into the skills of the UK’s workforce. Primary offer day On Tuesday, 18 April, parents found out from their local authority what primary school place their child …
Education in the media: 12 April 2017
Today’s news review examines coverage of our new free schools announcement, and of claims schools are misspending the pupil premium. New schools Today, Wednesday 12 April, we announced the approval of 131 new free school applications. This is the largest …
Education in the media: 3 April 2017
Today’s news review looks at coverage of our capital funding announcement, and 30 hours free childcare. School places On Monday, 3 April, we announced £2.4 billion in capital funding to create new school places across England and to improve and …
Education in the media: 20 March 2017
Today’s news review looks at analysis of house prices near good schools and school funding.
Education in the media: 13 March 2017
Today’s news review looks at coverage relating to the cost of purchasing free school sites, coverage of a study that shows public sector workers like teachers get paid more than their private sector peers, and misleading coverage on school funding.
Education in the media: 6 March 2017
Today’s news review looks at coverage of new investment in facilities for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities and a story about GCSE resits.
Education in the media: 22 February 2017
Today’s news review looks at both the coverage of a report on the building and repairing of schools, and into concerns about funding for London schools. National Audit Office report On Wednesday, 22 February, the National Audit Office (NAO) published …
Education in the media: 10 January 2017
Today’s news review looks at class sizes and our announcement of new childcare grants.
Education in the media: 9 December 2016
Today’s news review looks at media coverage of the Independent Schools Council’s planned response to the Schools That Work for Everyone consultation, the launch of a gender pay gap tool and a Sutton Trust report.