Ed Exec News feed Business intelligence for bursars, school managers and senior administrators http://www.edexec.co.uk NAO says more regulation needed for early years education National Audit Office has published a report recommending that the DfE needs to do more to regulate the provision of early years education in order to get value for money from the scheme Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:17:23 +0000 http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1873/nao-says-more-regulation-needed-for-early-years-education-/ Ed Exec http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1873/nao-says-more-regulation-needed-for-early-years-education-/ Asbestos urgent action is needed MPs declare asbestos in schools is a national scandal Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:19:26 +0000 http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1872/asbestos%3A-%93urgent-action-is-needed%94/ Ed Exec http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1872/asbestos%3A-%93urgent-action-is-needed%94/ Cash is no longer king COMMENT Ian Buss of Lloyds TSB Commercial explains why cash and cheques are so pass and online payments are here to stay Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:59:26 +0000 http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1871/cash-is-no-longer-king/ Ed Exec http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1871/cash-is-no-longer-king/ Look after your playground and it will look after you COMMENT Jonathan Peters a qualified RPII inspector gives his top tips on taking care of outdoor play equipment Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:30:30 +0000 http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1870/look-after-your-playground-and-it-will-look-after-you/ Ed Exec http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1870/look-after-your-playground-and-it-will-look-after-you/ Educational support for London schools Schools throughout London are to be given extra support for the upcoming exam season as Encyclopdia Britannica offers free access to online services Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:48:51 +0000 http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1869/educational-support-for-london-schools-/ Ed Exec http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1869/educational-support-for-london-schools-/ London teachers encouraged to embrace outdoors A new scheme persuading teachers to utilise their school grounds for education purposes has been made available to all schools in London Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:19:06 +0000 http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1868/london-teachers-encouraged-to-embrace-outdoors--/ Ed Exec http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1868/london-teachers-encouraged-to-embrace-outdoors--/ Union to ballot teachers over pay The Association of Teachers and Lecturers is to ballot members over discontinuous strikes as a result of a zero percentage pay offer by the Sixth Form Forum it has been announced Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:35:19 +0000 http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1867/union-to-ballot-teachers-over-pay-/ Ed Exec http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1867/union-to-ballot-teachers-over-pay-/ Courses that lead nowhere taken off league tables The government has announced it is to remove 3000 vocational subjects from school league tables Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:12:38 +0000 http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1866/courses-that-%93lead-nowhere%94-taken-off-league-tables/ Ed Exec http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1866/courses-that-%93lead-nowhere%94-taken-off-league-tables/ Trust comes on foot and leaves by Formula 1 racecar COMMENT In a high performance organisation or HPO all managers on every organisational level have to be of topnotch quality Andr de Waal of the HPO Centre writes about one of the most important characteristic of a successful manager truth Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:19:17 +0000 http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1865/trust-comes-on-foot-and-leaves-by-formula-1-racecar/ Ed Exec http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1865/trust-comes-on-foot-and-leaves-by-formula-1-racecar/ School photography company goes out of business Thousands of schools could be affected as director hopes purchasing company will honour existing bookings Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:40:33 +0000 http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1864/school-photography-company-goes-out-of-business/ Ed Exec http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1864/school-photography-company-goes-out-of-business/ Only 7 of packed lunches comply with food standards Shocking results of Lunch Box Amnesty show lunch box content fall way below food safety standards Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:59:28 +0000 http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1863/only-7%25-of-packed-lunches-comply-with-food-standards/ Ed Exec http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1863/only-7%25-of-packed-lunches-comply-with-food-standards/ Nine per cent drop in students applying for uni University applications are down by almost nine per cent according to figures released today by UCAS Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:51:05 +0000 http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1862/nine-per-cent-drop-in-students-applying-for-uni/ Ed Exec http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1862/nine-per-cent-drop-in-students-applying-for-uni/ VSO appeal for education specialists in South Sudan New programme to South Sudan calls for headteacher and education manager volunteers Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:36:31 +0000 http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1861/vso-appeal-for-education-specialists-in-south-sudan-/ Ed Exec http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1861/vso-appeal-for-education-specialists-in-south-sudan-/ ATL concedes to pension deal Teacher union Association of Teachers and Lecturers has announced that it is to accept the Governments revised pension offer for teachers Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:10:50 +0000 http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1860/atl-concedes-to-pension-deal/ Ed Exec http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1860/atl-concedes-to-pension-deal/ More than 100 secondary schools failing Minister condemns shocking waste of talent as many schools are failing pupils from deprived backgrounds according to information published by the Department of Education Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:44:26 +0000 http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1859/more-than-100-secondary-schools-failing---/ Ed Exec http://www.edexec.co.uk/news/1859/more-than-100-secondary-schools-failing---/