Establishing Free Schools
Published on:Many new Free Schools have been established quickly and at relatively low cost but the DfE will need to tackle a rising cost trend and systematically learn lessons from problems in a few early wave schools.
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2012-13 review of the data systems for the Department for Education
Published on:Review of a sample of the data systems underpinning the input and impact indicators in the Department for Education’s Business Plan, Common Areas of Spend and wider management information.
This review was carried out on the 2012-15 Business Plan. Revised Business Plans were issued in June 2013. -
Overseeing financial sustainability in the further education sector
Published on:With the number of further education (FE) colleges in financial difficulty expected to rise rapidly, there are fundamental structural problems which might require decisions at a regional or sector-wide level.
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Further education and skills sector: implementing the Simplification Plan
Published on:A plan by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills to reduce complexity and administrative burdens in the further education and skills sector, despite improving some processes, has had only limited impact on providers’ costs.
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Performance and capability of the Education Funding Agency
Published on:The Education Funding Agency has fulfilled most of its day-to-day responsibilities, but faces increasing expectations from the Department for Education.
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Student loan repayments
Published on:BIS will not be well-placed to secure value for money on student loan repayments until it has a more robust strategy to improve collection performance.
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Managing the expansion of the academies programme
Published on:The rapid expansion of the programme has been a significant achievement, but the DfE was unprepared for the scale of the financial implications.
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Academies and maintained schools: Oversight and intervention
Published on:The Department is not able to demonstrate the effectiveness of how it and others intervene in underperforming maintained schools and academies.
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4G radio spectrum auction: lessons learned
Published on:In its sale of the 4G radio spectrum the Office of Communications (Ofcom) achieved its objective of maintaining a competitive market with a number of competing providers.
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Review of the data systems for the Department for Education
Published on:Review of a sample of the data systems underpinning the input and impact indicators in the Department for Education’s Business Plan, Common Areas of Spend and wider management information.
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Department for Education and The Young People’s Learning Agency Accounts 2011-12
Published on:The C&AG has qualified his audit opinion on the 2011-12 financial statements of the Young People’s Learning Agency and its sponsor department, the Department for Education.
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Children in care
Published on:The Department for Education is not meeting its objectives to improve the quality of care and the stability of placements for children in care.
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Skills Funding Agency Accounts 2011-12
Published on:The Comptroller & Auditor General has given a qualified audit opinion on the 2011-12 accounts of the Skills Funding Agency in relation to how the Agency has accounted for further education colleges.
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Departmental Overview: A summary of the NAO’s work on the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 2011-12
Published on:This Departmental Overview is one of 15 we are producing covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills during 2011-12.
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Reducing bureaucracy in further education in England
Published on:The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Skills Funding Agency are pursuing a range of initiatives to simplify funding, qualification and assurance systems in further education. However, they do not know the scale of the problem faced by further education colleges and other providers.
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Progress report on the Regional Growth Fund
Published on:Improvements have been made to the running of the Regional Growth Fund, but there is still a significant amount of public money to allocate through the Fund.
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Capital funding for new school places
Published on:The Department has increased funding for new school places, but there are indications of real strain, with 256,000 new places still needed by 2014/15.
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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the 2010-11 accounts of the Science and Technology Facilities Council
Published on:The Comptroller and Auditor General, has limited the scope of his audit opinion on the 2010-11 accounts of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).
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Departmental Overview: A summary of the NAO’s work on the Department for Education 2011-12
Published on:This Departmental Overview is one of 15 we are producing covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department for Education during 2011-12.
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Skills Funding Agency Accounts 2010-11
Published on:The NAO has published its report on the 2010-11 accounts of the Skills Funding Agency.