Education and schools - first magazine for councillors

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Central-local relations in education

Better outcomes for children depend not only on national policy, but also on how this is implemented locally.

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School nurseries scheme faces ‘reality gap’

There is a “sizeable reality gap” between the Government’s policy intentions and progress on opening new school-based nurseries, according to a recent report by the Sutton Trust and the Social Market Foundation.

Ofsted framework ‘penalises inclusive schools’

by The Editorial Team

The new Ofsted inspection framework unfairly penalises schools serving deprived populations or with high levels of special needs (SEND) inclusion, according to analysis undertaken by the National Association of Head Teachers.

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Minister discusses Schools White Paper

by The Editorial Team

School Standards Minister Georgia Gould OBE attended the LGA’s Councillors’ Forum in January, to talk about special educational needs and disabilities provision.

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Local oversight of education

by The Editorial Team

The LGA’s lobbying has secured significant changes to draft legislation.

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New registers for children not in school

by The Editorial Team

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, introduced to Parliament in December, includes plans for new registers to identify children who are not in school – something for which the LGA has lobbied for years.