Forum Brief: Primary school tables
Policy Consultation 4 December 2003
Headteachers have criticised new primary school league tables published today which aim to show the "value added" improvement each school makes to children.
Forum Brief: Queen's Speech - Tuition fees
Policy Consultation 26 November 2003
Controversial plans to increase student tuition fees have been unveiled in the Queen's Speech.
Forum Brief: Inequality in schools
Policy Consultation 21 November 2003
Inequalities in Britain's schools have continued to grow under Labour, education watchdog Ofsted has said.
Forum Brief: Truancy Sweeps
Policy Consultation 19 November 2003
Education minister Ivan Lewis launched the latest round of coordinated national truancy sweeps on Wednesday.
Forum Brief: Adult Learning
Policy Consultation 19 November 2003
The country's most comprehensive annual report on the standard of learning offered to young trainees and adults in England has been published by David Sherlock, chief inspector of the Adult
Forum Brief: London Schools
Policy Consultation 14 November 2003
The prime minister has called for greater diversity and choice in the provision of education in London.
Forum Brief: Teacher training
Policy Consultation 10 November 2003
Record numbers of students are training as teachers in England, according to the Teacher Training Agency.
Forum Brief: Teachers' pay
Policy Consultation 10 November 2003
The government has announced that teachers in England and Wales will receive a 2.5 per cent pay rise next year.
Forum Brief: School standards
Policy Consultation 6 November 2003
The number of schools which are failing to reach minimum standards has risen by a third in one year, the chief inspector of schools said on Wednesday.
Forum Brief: Teacher pay
Policy Consultation 29 October 2003
The education secretary has announced extra measures to help schools suffering from a budget crisis.
Forum Brief: School league tables
Policy Consultation 29 October 2003
The government has announced plans to publish separate league tables of national curriculum test results for 14-year-olds for the first time.
Forum Brief: Teacher vacancies
Policy Consultation 23 October 2003
Teacher vacancies in secondary schools have trebled since 1997, according to government figures published on Wednesday.
Forum Brief: Affordable homes
Policy Consultation 22 October 2003
John Prescott has announced plans to help key public sector workers onto the property ladder with loans of up to £50,000.
Forum Brief: Truancy proposals
Policy Consultation 3 October 2003
The government has set out plans to issue parents with on-the-spot fines if their children are caught playing truant.
Forum Brief: School tests
Policy Consultation 30 September 2003
Award-winning children's author Philip Pullman has attacked the government's "brutal" school testing system, warning that it is creating a generation of children who hate reading and "feel nothing but hostility
