New Date for Michael Gove meeting

We very much regret that Michael Gove has been forced to postpone his visit to CES.  
The Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools & Families was to speak to us at the House of Commons on Tuesday 28th April.   Unfortunately he now has other shadow ministerial duties which take him away from the Commons on [...]

Michael Gove says government’s children’s department made catastrophic mistake on number of pupils

David Willetts has already slammed the government over the college funding shortfall.  
 Now Michael Gove, the Shadow Children’s Secretary, has joined in, demanding immediate clarification, and saying that schools are extremely concerned as this will affect their Sixth Forms’ budgets.   He said that Ed Balls’s department had made “a catastrophic mistake” on the numbers of pupils staying [...]

David Willetts slams the government over college funding crisis

David Willetts has criticised the Government for not taking responsibility for the college funding crisis, following the resignation of the Chief Executive of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC).
Mark Haysom has stepped down following problems with the LSC’s further education capital programme.
David, the Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, highlighted that ministers [...]

Church schools lead the Primary Schools league table

League tables for Primary Schools are published today showing the results of the curriculum tests for children aged 11 taken last summer.   The tests examine progress in English, Maths and Science, and the measure looked for is a Level 4 pass as that is the standard believed necessary to do well at secondary school.
The bad news [...]