June 2016

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EPRS 15/16 100 Training new teachers

This report from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee examines teacher recruitment and asks whether recently introduced recruitment initiatives represent value for money.

EPRS 15/16 101 Academies: Autonomy, accountability, quality and evidence

This report from the Cambridge Primary Review Trust explores academies’ autonomy and assesses the evidence as to whether the academies policy has improved the quality of education on offer to pupils.

EPRS 15/16 102 Level 1 and 2 attainment in English and maths by students aged 16-18: Academic year 2014-15

This statistical first release (SFR) from the DfE provides information on the English and maths qualifications entered and achieved by students aged 16-18 in England who did not achieve a grade A*-C in these subjects when they finished key stage 4.

EPRS 15/16 103 Foreign languages and science provision in primary schools

This report presents key findings from Ofsted’s recent research into foreign language and science provision in primary schools.

EPRS 15/16 104 The 2016 student academic experience survey

This report from the Higher Education Policy Institute and the Higher Education Academy presents key findings from the annual student academic experience survey.

EPRS 15/16 105 Workload is an education issue

This report from the University and College Union reports on a survey of members which investigated members’ workloads in the further education (FE) and higher education (HE) sectors.

EPRS 15/16 106 Statements of SEN and EHC plans England: 2016

This statistical first release (SFR) from the DfE gives key information about current numbers of EHC plans and SEN statements in England.

EPRS 15/16 107 Believing in better: How aspirations and academic self-concept shape young people’s outcomes

This report published by the Sutton Trust explores different factors which can have an impact on young people’s goals and aspirations.

EPRS 15/16 108 Northern Schools: Putting education at the heart of the northern powerhouse

This report published by IPPR North explores the disparity in academic outcomes between the North and the South.

EPRS 15/16 109 Secondary and primary school applications and offers: March and April 2016

This statistical first release (SFR) provides the number of offers made to applicants for both secondary and primary places and the proportion which have received preferred offers.

Points of Information No.175

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