[PDF] Top 20 House of Commons Library: Briefing paper: Number 06798, 16 April 2018: The school curriculum in England

... Again, the proposals proved highly controversial and generated strong feeling among commentators – particularly with respect to the proposed subject content. On 20 March 2013, The Independent published a highly critical ... See full document

... general briefing only and should not be relied on as a substitute for specific ...The House of Commons or the author(s) shall not be liable for any errors or omissions, or for any loss or damage of ... See full document

... The Controlling Migration Fund includes a local services fund worth £100 million (£25 million in each of the four years from 2016-17 to 2019-20), which councils in England can bid for funding from. The prospectus ... See full document

... March 2018 the Education and Skills Funding Agency published the list of schools who had successfully bid for funding from the Condition Improvement ...receive School Condition Allocations ... See full document

... The School System in England This briefing offers a short introduction to the types of state-funded schools in England and how they differ from each ... See full document

... 2.5 The government wants to ensure that families get the best value for school uniforms. A 2015 Department for Education survey found that nearly one-fifth of parents and carers reported that they had suffered ... See full document

... June 2018, Education Secretary Damian Hinds MP said he thought it was: [L]egitimate—more than legitimate, I think that it is important—to be able to know, for parents and for others, what the effect and the value ... See full document

... • compulsory schemes are much less popular than voluntary schemes amongst parents and school staff. But voluntary schemes can struggle to run economically and there are also adverse selection issues where those ... See full document

... January 2018: So far all families [on Universal Credit] are entitled – because very few working families with children are in the ...Free School Meals the government proposes a ... See full document

... of school, either a mainstream or special ...state-funded school – including special schools, Academies and Free Schools – and have their preference met unless it would not meet the needs of the child, be ... See full document

... Not all disadvantaged pupils currently attract funding. Some schools do not focus funding on disadvantaged pupils appropriately or use the most cost-effective interventions, and, in any event, the evidence base is still ... See full document

... January 2018: So far all families [on Universal Credit] are entitled – because very few working families with children are in the ...Free School Meals the government proposes a ... See full document

... January 2018: So far all families [on Universal Credit] are entitled – because very few working families with children are in the ...Free School Meals the government proposes a ... See full document

... January 2018: So far all families [on Universal Credit] are entitled – because very few working families with children are in the ...Free School Meals the government proposes a ... See full document

... Local authorities have no statutory duties in relation to monitoring the quality of home education on a routine basis. However, they do have duties to make arrangements to identify children not receiving a suitable ... See full document

... The consultation document indicated that the Government was considering legislation to exclude independent schools not meeting the relevant criteria from charitable status: 14. We propose to set new benchmarks that ... See full document

... From 2018-19, loans of up to £25,000 will be available to any English student without a Research Council living allowance who can win a place for doctoral study at a UK ... See full document

... achieved solely by increasing the PAN in line with the School Admissions Code. 14 In the case of community, foundation and voluntary schools, local authorities can also propose that a school’s premises be enlarged ... See full document

... work based learning. 3 This number was around 56% of those in receipt of EMA in 2010. Funding is allocated to individual schools and colleges to distribute to students under their own criteria. For most ... See full document

... Education Act 1996 they do have a duty to make arrangements to identify children in their area who are not receiving a suitable education. 21 The DfE’s guidance for local authorities explains that, while the law does not ... See full document