The Conservative politician in charge of Birmingham’s schools is refusing to call on teachers not to walk out on strike in Wednesday’s national day of industrial action.Read
Education Secretary Michael Gove has launched an attack on Birmingham city council’s stewardship of its schools as he warned the city “needs many things to change”.Read
The politician responsible for running Birmingham’s education services is insisting his budget will stay out of the red even though plans to save £6 million by axing free home to school transport have been shelved.Read
Plans to save £6 million by cutting free home to school transport have been shelved after it emerged that 5,000 Birmingham children could lose their bus passes.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
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
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
A drive to transform schools into academies has cost Birmingham City Council £100,000 as its staff deal with applications, the authority’s education chief has revealed.Read
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