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Training New Teachers

The government needs to do more to demonstrate how new arrangements for training new teachers are improving the quality of teaching in classrooms.

Sector(s): Education and skills

Department(s): Department for Education

Published:
10 Feb 2016

The sale of student loans

This report considers the value for money of the sale of student loans that entered repayment between 2002 & 2006.

Sector(s): Central Finance and Treasury, Education and skills, Financial services

Performance Improvement area(s): Asset sales and privatisation

Department(s): Department for Education, HM Treasury

Published:
20 Jul 2018

The higher education market

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.

Sector(s): Education and skills

Performance Improvement area(s): User choice and consumer protection

Department(s): Department for Education

Published:
8 Dec 2017

The Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the Department for Education’s financial statements 2015-16

The Comptroller and Auditor General has provided an adverse opinion on the truth and fairness of the Department for Education’s group financial statements 2015-16. He has also qualified his regularity opinion because the Department has exceeded two of its expenditure limits authorised by Parliament. The Department has many challenges to overcome if it is to implement successfully its plans to provide Parliament with a better picture of academy trusts’ spending next year.

Sector(s): Education and skills

Department(s): Department for Education

Published:
20 Dec 2016

The apprenticeships programme

This report assesses whether the apprenticeships programme is providing value for money.

Sector(s): Business and enterprise, Education and skills, Welfare, Pensions and Employment

Department(s): Department for Education

Published:
6 Mar 2019

Student loan repayments

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.

Sector(s): Education and skills, Welfare, Pensions and Employment

Department(s): Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Department for Education

Published:
28 Nov 2013

Retaining and developing the teaching workforce

Schools, especially secondary schools, face real challenges in retaining and developing their teachers. National data suggest progress but mask significant local variation.

Sector(s): Education and skills

Department(s): Department for Education

Published:
12 Sep 2017

Pressures on children’s social care

This report covers recent trends in pressures on children’s social care demand and activity and national and local government’s response.

Sector(s): Children and families, Education and skills, Health and social care, Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Financial and service sustainability

Department(s): Department for Education

Published:
23 Jan 2019

Performance and capability of the Education Funding Agency

The Education Funding Agency has fulfilled most of its day-to-day responsibilities, but faces increasing expectations from the Department for Education.

Sector(s): Education and skills

Performance Improvement area(s): Oversight of service delivery

Department(s): Department for Education

Published:
29 Jan 2014