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Links/Data: Ofsted’s 2011 annual report and Schools Minister response
TweetThe Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted), the education watchdog, has released its annual report and found too many schools are “not pushing children to reach their potential,” says the BBC.
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Links: Public Accounts Committee on how funding is allocated
TweetFrom the BBC: “Under the system of formula-based grants, funding given to schools with similar needs could vary by up to 40%, the Public Accounts Committee said.
Data: Free Schools and disadvantaged children
TweetSchoolDuggery has published some data on free school meals: “We estimate that fewer than 400 children entitled to free school meals (FSM) are attending the first wave of free schools, according to data supplied under a Freedom of Information Act … Continue reading
How-to: find out academy charity salaries
TweetHere’s a lesson in how to investigate salaries surrounding academy schools: a Guardian report that “Charities that run chains of academy schools are using public funds to pay senior staff six-figure salaries, with some on £240,000 or more.” It arrived at that figure … Continue reading
Links: How Seattle journalist got school censorship scoop
TweetAl Tompkins, from the Poynter Institute, an online organization focused on journalism based in the States, has posted a great Q&A with American journalist Phyllis Fletcher. She is an education reporter for a radio station in Seattle, Wa., and recently revealed … Continue reading
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FOI legislation opens up UCAS and higher education…
TweetAs of this month, there are three more organisations that are under the scope of The Freedom of Information Act; and most appropriately for the Help Me Investigate education site, UCAS, the charitable organisation who organise the higher education application … Continue reading
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Links: unreliable data on children’s services (FactCheck)
TweetChannel 4’s FactCheck reports on some very shaky data being submitted by local authorities to the Department for Education. After listing a number of figures which varied wildly from year to year, and a response from a DfE spokesman that … Continue reading
Data: University energy consumption
Tweet Tony Hirst has written a post on university energy data with plenty of links to data sources and projects. Well worth exploring.
Education news: 470 colleges lose foreign student licences
TweetFascinating story from the excellent Dominic Casciani on how many colleges have been barred from accepting non-EU students following a Border Agency crackdown: “Earlier this year, tighter rules were introduced on student visas, primarily aimed at private colleges offering language or … Continue reading
Links for 31 October 2011
Tweet Fear and loathing in the classroom: the girls think they are fat and the boys are carrying weapons “The study by the [Schools Health Education] unit, based on data collected from more than 83,000 children aged between 10 and … Continue reading
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