Category Archives: Funding
King Canute, social mobility and the Education Endowment Fund
As today is designated ‘social mobility day’, where Nick Clegg darkens our screens to explain that what he is saying now, he actually truly believes in – as opposed to everything he said before, which he said to get elected … Continue reading
Filed under Clegg, Funding, Michael Gove, Policy, Politics - general, Schools
New improved EMA is not something for Lib-Dems to celebrate
It doesn’t take a master strategist to figure out what’s happening. The Lib Dems are taking a pasting for being too cosy with the Tories. So every now and again the boys in blue cut them a bit of slack … Continue reading
Filed under Funding, Lib Dems, Policy, Politics - general
Gove forgets to mention the ‘c’ word
I’ve been a bit unkind to Michael Gove in a previous blog (or two), but he turned up a few surprises in his first major speech since becoming Education Secretary. Addressing the National College for Leadership of School, his message … Continue reading
Filed under Funding, Michael Gove, Policy, Politics - general, Schools
Only business will profit from free schools
When it comes to ‘free schools’, there seems to be a pretty significant difference of opinion between the Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, and his boss, Education Secretary, Michael Gove. Between them they can’t seem to decide whether schools should be … Continue reading
Filed under Conservatives, Funding, Lib Dems, Nick Gibb, Policy, Politics - general, Schools
Lib-Dems: Building Problems for the Future
It looks like there will be an announcement, early in the coming week, that will bring the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme to an end. Some projects will continue to a finish (they are too far down the … Continue reading
Filed under Conservatives, Funding, Lib Dems, Policy, Politics - general, Schools
Free schools – the case against
The Lib-Cons are putting ‘free schools’ slap-bang in the middle of their education plans for the first term (although this agenda is much more ‘Con’, than ‘Lib’ – Michael Gove’s in the driving seat). The plan – based on a … Continue reading
Filed under Conservatives, Funding, Lib Dems, Policy, Politics - general, Schools
Education cuts: we ain’t seen nothing yet!
The Guardian has given us a sneak preview of where the Lib-Con cost-cutting axe is going to fall but a lot of questions remain unanswered. Of the proposed cuts, I find it hard to get too emotional about the prospect … Continue reading
Filed under Conservatives, Funding, Lib Dems, Politics - general, Schools
