We fact check and explain issues about schools, teacher shortages, childcare, universities, and qualifications.
Question Time on 11 October 2018 came from Edinburgh. Topics covered included Universal Credit, Brexit and education in Scotland and the line-up included Kezia Dugdale, Mike Russell and Fraser Nelson. Read
Education
The government’s claim about more children in good or outstanding schools doesn’t acknowledge the impact of rising pupil numbers, and that many schools haven’t been inspected since 2010. Read
Education
Spending per pupil in England fell by 8% in real terms from 2009/10 to 2017/18, and will be held constant from 2017/18 to 2019/20. UK education spending was about average among OECD countries in 2015. Read
The UK Statistics Authority has written to the Department for Education to express “serious concerns” about the Department’s “presentation and use of statistics”. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Several claims have been made about pay changes for police, teachers, nurses and MPs. We took a look at them. Read
Education
Overall, there has been a slight pick-up in performance levels, after a couple of years of decline in pupils achieving higher grades. Performance among boys has increased in particular. Read
Education
Despite inevitable headlines focusing on shifts in results, A-level performance in England, Wales and Northern Ireland remains very stable. Read
Education
English grammar schools received around £700 less state funding per pupil than other state schools in 2016/17. Read
Education
The number of state-funded school places has increased by about 825,000 in England since 2010. Read
Education
300 schools haven’t been inspected by Ofsted for a decade or more as they were last rated as outstanding, so don’t have to be inspected every five years. Read
