Sentences with phrase «by local education authorities»

This was mirrored in a guideline to which the prosecution attached importance, namely that the Department of Health in 1991 had recommended that in respect of nursery classes in schools maintained by local education authorities, the minimum ratio should be 2:26.

Does the Department of Education maintain a list of new school construction or renovation projects under consideration by local education authorities?

Senior high schools (grades 10 — 12) are run either by local education authorities (LEAs) or by semi - public / private non-profit organizations.

Critics, including Professor Jonathan Tritter, Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Aston University, warn this weakens the democratic leverage once enjoyed by local education authorities as democratic guarantors of the wider public interest.

They are finding themselves stretched and unsupported as they no longer have the same level of help that was previously provided by local education authorities and their technical and procurement resources.

This confused system is made up of state schools that continue to be maintained by Local Education Authorities (LEAs), as well as academies and free schools, which are free from LEA control.

Other concerns include what will happen to the community role that used to be performed by local education authorities in relation to badly - behaved pupils or pupils with special educational needs.

If you are going to have radical reform of the education system you HAVE to dismantle the embedded ability of veto held by local education authorities.

State school teachers are employed by Local Education Authorities or the governing bodies of their schools, but their pay and conditions are set centrally by the Education Secretary.

We are going to make it easier by making sure that statements (of special needs) are not provided by local education authorities, they are provided by someone separate.

Although they are not directly controlled by the local education authority, representatives from academy schools were also present.

There are no set entry requirements for becoming a Teaching Assistant; the necessary qualifications and experiences will usually be decided by your Local Education Authority (LEA).

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Despite a massively negative consultation on the subject last autumn, and the contrary assurances to parliament by the Education Secretary, Ed Balls, local authorities are to be given a duty to monitor the education of all home - schooled Education Secretary, Ed Balls, local authorities are to be given a duty to monitor the education of all home - schooled education of all home - schooled children.

Over the last two years, working with the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships and funded by the Department for Education, we have been offering this seminar to practitioners and managers working in local authorities across England, to support the engagement of the couple / parental relationships with a more father - inclusive approach.

The database, commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills and called the Commissioners» Toolkit, is intended for use by commissioners of parenting support in local authorities and by others in similar roles across England — who will be able to use it to select and locate parenting support programmes that can be replicated for use in their area.

Section 41 of the Act allows the Secretary of State, by order, to publish a list of approved independent special institutions (Independent Special Schools — England and Wales and Special Post-16 institutions) for the purposes of satisfying Section 38 (Preparation of an Education, Health and Care plan by local authorities) of the Act.

If it appears to a local education authority that a child of compulsory school age in their area is not receiving suitable education, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise, they shall serve a notice in writing on the parent requiring him to satisfy them within the period specified in the notice that the child is receiving such education.

This is different from home tuition provided by a local authority, or education provided by a local authority other than at a school.

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At the state level, the programs typically are overseen by state education or agriculture departments, which operate the programs through agreements with local school districts or other school food authorities.

This is because this type of institution is by definition a school set up to discharge a local authority's duties under section 19 (1) of the Education Act 1996 in relation to children of compulsory school age.

Hospital education is defined as «education provided at a community special school or foundation special school established in a hospital, or under any arrangements made by the local authority under section 19 of the 1996 Act [ie the Education Act 1996](exceptional provision of education), where the child is being provided with such education by reason of a decision made by a medical practitioneeducation is defined as «education provided at a community special school or foundation special school established in a hospital, or under any arrangements made by the local authority under section 19 of the 1996 Act [ie the Education Act 1996](exceptional provision of education), where the child is being provided with such education by reason of a decision made by a medical practitioneeducation provided at a community special school or foundation special school established in a hospital, or under any arrangements made by the local authority under section 19 of the 1996 Act [ie the Education Act 1996](exceptional provision of education), where the child is being provided with such education by reason of a decision made by a medical practitioneEducation Act 1996](exceptional provision of education), where the child is being provided with such education by reason of a decision made by a medical practitioneeducation), where the child is being provided with such education by reason of a decision made by a medical practitioneeducation by reason of a decision made by a medical practitioner».

The Act passed most of the powers of the GLC to the boroughs (and the remainder were taken back by the government), although the Inner London Education Authority survived as an independent body until 1988 (the Outer London Boroughs became the Local Education Authorities for their areas).

The report argues that there is now insufficient local oversight of school performance and the creation of locally accountable school commissioners, appointed by partnerships of local authorities across city or county regions, would act to address this vacuum and support better local coordination of education.

First, because age and education are the biggest demographic correlates of referendum vote choice, we have weighted the YouGov respondents in each local authority so that their age and education profile matches that for that council as measured by the 2011 Census.

The Education Act of 1980 introduced the Assisted Place Scheme which took selected and gifted children out of the state school system and placed them into independent schools; the trade union reform acts abolished the closed shops, secondary picketing and stamped down wild - cat strikes; the Education Act of 1988 introduced City Technology Colleges, which took states schools out of the purview of the Local Education Authority; the 1988 Next Steps development began a transformation of the civil service by fragmenting in up into executive agencies; and the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 introduced the internal market into the NHS.

In an idea very similar to that proposed by Iain Duncan Smith, the public services policy group will say that parents should have the power to set up new schools to rival those of local education authorities:

MPs on the Commons» education committee have called for a radical rethink of the «regrettable» proposals, pointing out it would cost more than all youth services provided by local authorities put together.

The education discussion «focused on David Blunkett's proposals for directors of school standards (DSS), appointed by local authorities and working with councils and the community, to provide a «middle tier» between schools and the secretary of state».

Tristram Hunt led the education session, which focused on David Blunkett's proposals for directors of school standards (DSS), appointed by local authorities and working with councils and the community, to provide a «middle tier» between schools and the secretary of state.

Dubbed «Reform Prisons», Justice Secretary Mr Gove wants to repeat the success of his education revolution when standards were pushed by liberating schools from local authority control by becoming academies.

Both these concerns were exacerbated by the practices of some local education authorities, in concentrating resources on their grammar schools.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

An education freedom act would take educational decision - making firmly away from the politicians and into the hands of local authorities, while sponsor - managed schools would replace Labour's academies, to be commissioned by local authorities rather than central government.

At least six persons, including two teachers of the Makurdi Local Government Education Authority, have been reportedly killed by Fulani herdsmen near Ikpayongo, Gwer Local Government...

At least six persons, including two teachers of the Makurdi Local Government Education Authority, have been reportedly killed by Fulani herdsmen near Ikpayongo, Gwer Local Government Area of Benue State.

«The NASUWT predicted that the funding changes, driven by a desire by the Department for Education to mask the level and impact of cuts to school and local authority budgets, would result in those who needed the support to address their needs losing it.

The education secretary has been criticised in some quarters for the way that free schools operate independently of local authority control, potentially opening them up to abuse by Christian or Islamic benefactors.

Section 6A of the Education and Inspections Act 2006, which was introduced by amendment through the Education Act 2011, says that «If a local authority in England think a new school needs to be established in their area, they must seek proposals for the establishment of an Academy» (which in this context, means a Free School).

By Lawal A. Dogara, Kaduna Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) Teachers in the Zaria Education zone of Kaduna State are divided over the Nigerian Union...

If it is not renewed by the Legislature, the city would return to the old Board of Education system governed by local school boards rather than a centralized authority.

General News of Tuesday, 8 May 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com play videoActing Vice Chancellor, University of Education, Winneba, Rev. Prof. Anthony Afful Broni The University of Education, Winneba, has dismissed a report by the local chapter of Amnesty International that authorities of the University are abusing some of its officers and staff.

Indeed, I suggest we consider a National Emergency for a Clean Environment to bring together, the local authorities, health authorities, education authorities and our traditional rulers to find practical ways of saving our nation from the health hazards brought by our insanitary conditions.

Included in cuts, the Department for Education (DfE) is proposing to shrink the Education Services Grant (ESG), funds which are used to support academies to cover the cost of services that would otherwise be provided by local authorities.

(41) Above all, tertiary education is a weapon to change a refugee situation and, finally, the primary vehicle by which they can meaningfully engage with various stakeholders, such as hosting communities, local authorities, hosting state government, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and a home country's government (in the case of a need to return arises).

A report from Scape Group, which advises local authorities on new buildings, reveals that local authorities are expecting an additional 729,000 pupils in education by 2020 — a rise of 8.6 per cent in primary school pupils and 12 per cent in secondary school pupils in England.

Challenges presented by the current reforms to the education system come at a time of overall reform of local authority support and changes to the health service, resulting in a set of challenges that will require careful guidance and measured progress to overcome.

The Department for Education (DfE) has said that local authorities have plans to create 52,000 more secondary school places by 2018, with # 7 billion is committed to new places.

This makes clear that the support provided by governors, local education authorities and academy chains to head teachers is equally as important as that provided to a teacher by line manager or head of department.

New Schools There are two ways of creating new schools: either by providers applying to the Department for Education (DfE) under the free school programme (which has become the government's main tool for tackling the school place shortage), or by a local authority inviting bids from providers as part of a «new provision».