Forum Brief: Tomlinson report
Policy Consultation 27 September 2002
Former chief inspector of schools, Mike Tomlinson, published his independent review into the A-Level results fiasco today.
Forum Brief: A-Level row
Policy Consultation 26 September 2002
Education secretary Estelle Morris has rejected claims that she has sought to pre-judge the Tomlinson inquiry into exam fixing.
Forum Brief: Replacing A Levels
Policy Consultation 23 September 2002
The future of the A Level system is in doubt after education secretary Estelle Morris said she would embark on a no-holds barred review of the exams system.
Forum Brief: Chief executive headteachers
Policy Consultation 18 September 2002
Schools minister David Miliband has floated the idea that state schools could be run by chief executives without teaching qualifications.
Teachers want 10 per cent rise
Press Review 12 September 2002
Forum Brief: Student help in the classroom
Policy Consultation 11 September 2002
David Blunkett is supporting the concept of employing students to do voluntary work in schools with hours spent in the classroom being balanced against student loans.
Forum Brief: School checks U-turn
Policy Consultation 5 September 2002
Estelle Morris last night apologised for a sharp u-turn allowing headteachers to give the green light to new teachers and classroom assistants even though they have not been security checked.
Forum Brief: Class Sizes
Policy Consultation 2 September 2002
Children taught in smaller classes are more likely to go to university and go on to earn higher salaries, researchers at the Centre for Economic Policy Research have claimed.
Forum Brief: GCSE results
Policy Consultation 22 August 2002
The latest GCSE results show no change in the overall pass rate.
'Stable' GCSE results published
News Article 22 August 2002
Following a week of questions over the quality of A level qualifications, the latest GCSE results show no change in the overall pass rate.
Forum Brief: A level results
Policy Consultation 15 August 2002
The release of A level results prompts fresh claims that standards are being diluted for political reasons.
Forum Brief: Teachers' pay
Policy Consultation 2 August 2002
Teachers face a pay shake-up with greater linkage of income to performance, under proposals sent by the education secretary to the School Teachers' Review Body.
Forum Brief: Teachers' pay
Policy Consultation 31 July 2002
Key unions have given a mixed reaction to reports that teachers are set to be offered a new three year pay deal.
Forum Brief: SR2002 - Education sector response
Policy Consultation 16 July 2002
Education's annual budget has been increased by an average six per cent between 2002 and 2006, boosting spending by £12 billion to £57.8 billion.
Forum Brief: Space for Sports and Arts Programme
Policy Consultation 28 June 2002
The government has today announced a £130 million boost for sports and music in English schools.
