News Review and Commentary

LEAGUE TABLES INFORM CHOICE

11/16/2008 11:48:00 AM

 

 The Sunday Times 16 November

Accountability in both state and independent education is in grave danger of being eroded  accoeding to Chris Woodhead the former OfSTED chief claims in  The Sunday Times. Sun Times

Curriculum / Quality Assurance

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PARENTS WARNED OF ‘WORTHLESS’ OFSTED INSPECTIONS

PARENTS WARNED OF ‘WORTHLESS’ OFSTED INSPECTIONS

11/16/2008 11:46:00 AM

 

The Sunday Times 16 November

The results of inspections, which are used by many parents to choose a school, have been condemned as “superficial”, “worthless” and a waste of money according to a   study by Civitas, a think tank. Sun Times

Lead Story | Curriculum / Quality Assurance

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HEADTEACHERS' UNION ACCUSES OFSTED OF WRECKING SCHOOLS

11/16/2008 11:43:00 AM

 

The Observer 16 November

Schools watchdog Ofsted is compared to a baseball bat-wielding intruder, with some of whose inspectors 'decimating the school and everyone in it', in an outspoken attack today in the journal of the headteachers' union.  Observer

Curriculum / Quality Assurance

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MINISTERS 'LOSING GRIP ON EMAS'

11/16/2008 11:53:00 AM

BBC 15 November

Failures with delivering education allowances are still unresolved - and a leading college principal says ministers must have "lost their grip". Nigel Robbins, awarded an OBE for his services to further education, says the government appears to lack control over its agency's outsourcing project.  BBC

FE/HE/ Skills

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PRIVATE SCHOOLS TOLD TO AID STATE PUPILS

11/16/2008 11:51:00 AM

The Sunday Telegraph 16 November

Private schools should help state school pupils win places at university, the Charity Commission has said. Sun Tel

Independent/ Private Sector

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