The head teacher of a special school has claimed some pupils are in danger of “slipping through the net” after the Government announced tough new GCSE targets.Read
Under-performing schools in Birmingham must improve if young people are to get new jobs created as the country moves out of recession, city council leader Mike Whitby has warned.Read
Education Ministers are in talks with Birmingham schools chief Les Lawrence over claims that the city council is being forced to pay hidden costs for the establishment of academies.Read
ONLY eight new free schools, including one in Birmingham, are certain to open their doors at the start of the next academic year, it has been revealed.Read
The Conservative leader of Birmingham City Council, Mike Whitby, launched a strong public defence of independently-run school academies shortly after his own education spokesman branded aspects of the Government-backed programme “immoral”.Read
Some of the region’s universities have been criticised for a lack of green credentials after they plummeted down a league table ranking them on their environmental efforts.Read
Birmingham City Council could be forced to foot the bill for job cuts at schools switching to academies, the authority’s education chief has warned.Read
As dozens of new academies are created in the West Midlands, Donna Bowater meets the head teacher of one school who believes the new status has transformed his institution.Read
