Communication with academy auditors 2016
The Department for Education is revising the way that consolidated financial information for the academies sector is reported to Parliament.
Published:
31 Oct 2016
31 Oct 2016
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Investigation: The Department for Education’s management of a potential conflict of interest
This investigation focuses on how the Department for Education identified and managed a potential conflict of interest between the Chief Social Worker for Children and Families and a company called Morning Lane Associates.
Published:
26 Oct 2016
26 Oct 2016
Children in need of help or protection
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.
Published:
12 Oct 2016
12 Oct 2016
Delivering value through the apprenticeships programme
The Department for Education should set out the planned overall impact of the programme on productivity and growth.
Published:
6 Sep 2016
6 Sep 2016
Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the Department for Education’s financial statements 2014-15
Amyas Morse, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), has provided an adverse opinion on the truth and fairness of the Department for Education’s group financial statements.
Published:
20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016
BIS’s capital investment in science projects
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.
Published:
10 Mar 2016
10 Mar 2016
Entitlement to free early education and childcare
Significant progress has been made in providing 15 hours of free childcare to parents of 3- and 4-year olds, but the Department of Education has not yet achieved full value for money
Published:
2 Mar 2016
2 Mar 2016
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.
Published:
10 Feb 2016
10 Feb 2016
Investigation: the government’s funding of Kids Company
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.
Published:
29 Oct 2015
29 Oct 2015
Confirmed impacts: Delivering better careers advice for young people
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.
Published:
15 Oct 2015
15 Oct 2015