Search results for 'Further and higher education'

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  1. Department for Education Accounts 2024-25

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    The C&AG has issued a clean audit opinion, providing assurance to Parliament on the Department for Education’s 2024-25 financial statements.

  2. Department for Education 2023-24

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    This report summarises the key information and insights that can be gained from our examinations of the Department for Education for 2023-24.

  3. Department for Education 2022-23

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    This guide has been produced to support the Education Committee in its examination of the DfE’s spending and performance.

  4. Education recovery in schools in England

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    This study assesses how effectively the Department for Education is supporting education recovery in schools following the COVID-19 pandemic.

  5. School funding in England

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    This report examines the Department for Education’s funding provision and distribution of funding for mainstream schools in England.

  6. The higher education market

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    Young people are making complex choices about higher education without much effective help and advice, and the institutions concerned are under very little competitive pressure to provide best value.

  7. The higher education market

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    Young people are making complex choices about higher education without much effective help and advice, and the institutions concerned are under very little competitive pressure to provide best value.

  8. Follow-up on alternative higher education providers

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    The Department is exerting stronger oversight and sanctioning under-performing providers but there remain issues to resolve, such as more timely identification of underperformance and ineligible payments.

  9. Follow-up on alternative higher education providers

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    The Department is exerting stronger oversight and sanctioning under-performing providers but there remain issues to resolve, such as more timely identification of underperformance and ineligible payments.

  10. Delivering the free entitlement to education for three- and four-year-olds

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    The Department for Education has made progress against many of its objectives in delivering the free entitlement to early education, but it must address variations in take-up, quality of provision and the impact on attainment in later years if it is to achieve value for money.

  11. Staying the course: the retention of students in higher education

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    Four out of five students starting a full-time course in England are expected to complete their course, the NAO reported today. The United Kingdom’s performance on retention compares favourably with most other OECD countries, during a period of expansion in higher education. In a new report to Parliament, published as students await their A level […]

  12. Improving school attendance in England

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    A report by the National Audit Office today has highlighted the major challenge faced by the Department for Education and Skills in reducing pupil absence from schools. The Department, together with local authorities and schools, has made some progress in reducing total absence. At the same time, there has been no decline in unauthorised absence, […]

  13. Youth Offending: the delivery of community and custodial sentences

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    Head of the National Audit Office Sir John Bourn reported to Parliament today that the Youth Justice Board, established in September 1998, has successfully developed and introduced a range of new non-custodial sentences and programmes for young offenders. There is scope, however, for the Board to improve forecasting of custodial numbers, deciding of placements and […]