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Childcare Provision
11.12.2019

Childcare Provision

This analysis presents data on childcare provision and inspections using source data from Ofsted.  The data shows the situation as at March in the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and as at August in 2019.  Select the authority of interest to...

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Rural services network writes to newspapers across the country to make rural voices heard ahead of election
03.12.2019

Rural services network writes to newspapers across the country to make rural voices heard ahead of election

Press release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rural services network writes to newspapers across the country to make rural voices heard ahead of election National champion for rural services contacts editors at ‘most-trusted’ news sources...

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Rural school funding pledge
02.12.2019

Rural school funding pledge

Boris Johnson was in Devon last week as part of the campaign trail, with several visits covered by local newspaper Devon Live He visited Chulmleigh Academy in North Devon and was quizzed on ‘years of underfunding that rural schools…have...

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Small schools face increased funding pressure
25.11.2019

Small schools face increased funding pressure

The educational publication, TES, covers the news that funding problems and falling pupil numbers are increasing the strain on small schools with less than 150 students Teachers’ union, the National Association of Headteachers, held its annual conference last week,...

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Liberal Democrats announce skills wallet plans
11.11.2019

Liberal Democrats announce skills wallet plans

The BBC reports that the Liberal Democrat party are proposing a £10,000 grant for every adult in England to put towards education and training.  The money would go into a "skills wallet" over a period of 30 years, to...

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Next PM should spend more to meet needs
11.11.2019

Next PM should spend more to meet needs

inews has reported that ‘Whoever becomes Prime Minister next month will have to increase  spending on public services by even more than has been pledged by either Labour or the Conservatives ,’ according to a new report.  Joint analysis...

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Rural schools not being fairly funded
04.11.2019

Rural schools not being fairly funded

The Oxford Mail reports that Layla Moran MP has said that schools are still ‘penny-pinching’ to cover basic supplies despite billions of pounds of promised funding The Oxford West and Abingdon MP is also the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for...

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New rural commission ‘confident’ of impact
28.10.2019

New rural commission ‘confident’ of impact

Following the launch of North Yorkshire County Council’s Rural Commission, the Yorkshire Post reports that members have spoken of their confidence in producing ‘significant’ work According to the Council, rural communities ‘stand at a crossroads’ and like England’s largest...

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Spotlight on a place to learn and grow
28.10.2019

Spotlight on a place to learn and grow

The RSN is calling on government to produce a fully funded, comprehensive rural strategy. In this strategy there are a number of areas which we believe are linked, and need to be addressed to produce a vibrant rural community. One...

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Peter Aldous MP: Young people in deprived areas being held back
21.10.2019

Peter Aldous MP: Young people in deprived areas being held back

Following the news last week that workers in coastal communities are paid less than their in-land counterparts, Conservative MP Peter Aldous has written a piece for PoliticsHome.com calling for counties to be given further control over education and funding. ...

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