Delivering value through the apprenticeships programme
Published on:The Department for Education should set out the planned overall impact of the programme on productivity and growth.
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Capital funding for schools
Published on:The Department must make the best use of the capital funding it has available by continuing to increase the use of data to inform its funding decisions and by creating places where it can demonstrate that they will have the greatest impact.
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Financial sustainability of schools
Published on:The government’s approach to managing the risks to schools’ financial sustainability cannot be judged to be effective or providing value for money until more progress is made.
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Confirmed impacts: Driving a customer service focus at the Education Funding Agency
Published on:This impacts case study shows how our work led to the Education Funding Agency’s launch of a single change programme to improve its customer service, use of data and business processes, and the skills of its people.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
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Investigation: the government’s funding of Kids Company
Published on:Kids Company, a children’s charity, received at least £46m of public funding. Officials raised concerns about the charity’s cash flow and financial sustainability at least 6 times between 2002 and 2015 but the charity never reached a position where it was able to operate without government assistance.
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Confirmed impacts: Delivering better careers advice for young people
Published on:This impacts case study shows how our reporting of shortfalls in careers advice, echoed by the education sector, prompted the Department for Education to announce a new company to drive improvements.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
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Confirmed impacts: Providing clarity over the arrangements for oversight and funding of alternative higher education providers
Published on:This impacts case study shows how government has improved controls over standards as a result of our report, which underlined the risks in rapidly expanding a new market.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
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Skills Funding Agency Accounts 2014-15
Published on:Skills Funding Agency accounts qualified as £50m paid in advance to FE Colleges
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BIS’s capital investment in science projects
Published on:The Department for Business, Skills and Innovation has not used good quality information to decide which science capital projects to invest in to optimise scientific and economic benefits.
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Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the Department for Education financial statements 2013-14
Published on:The inability of the DfE to prepare financial statements providing a true and fair view of financial activity by its group of bodies means that it is not meeting the accountability requirements of Parliament.
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Children in need of help or protection
Published on:The Department for Education recognised since 2010 that child protection services are not good enough but its subsequent response has not yet resulted in better outcomes. Spending on children’s social work, including on child protection, varies widely across England and is not related to quality. Neither the DfE nor authorities understand why spending varies.
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A Short Guide to the Department for Education
Published on:The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides, one for each government department, to assist House of Commons Select Committees.
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Investigation into financial support for students at alternative higher education providers
Published on:We focus on specific concerns about the financial support provided to students attending some alternative HE colleges and other providers.
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16- to 18-year-old participation in education and training
Published on:Value for money for the £7 billion spent on 16- to 18-year-olds has increased overall, but the Department needs better information on which reforms have proven most effective.
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Care leavers’ transitions to adulthood
Published on:The government has made a commitment to improve support for young people leaving foster or residential care in England but the system is not working effectively.
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Investigation into the Education Funding Agency’s oversight of related party transactions at Durand Academy
Published on:We examine the Education Funding Agency’s oversight of the Durand Academy Trust’s compliance with guidance on conflicts of interest and related party transactions.
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Funding for disadvantaged pupils
Published on:While the impact of the Pupil Premium will take time to become clear, it has the potential to bring about a significant improvement in outcomes. However, the Department for Education and schools have more to do.
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Departmental Overview: A summary of the NAO’s work on the Department for Education 2013-14
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 2013-14.
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Department for Education and Education Funding Agency financial statements for 2012-13
Published on:Amyas Morse, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has qualified his opinion on the accounts of the Department for Education and the Education Funding Agency (EFA) on a number of grounds.
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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.