Sentences with phrase «new national audit»

Recently, a new National Audit Office report indicated some # 3 billion in child maintenance arrears is considered «uncollectable» which has led to this amount being written off, potentially depriving thousands of children of a better quality of life.

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Opening of High Speed 2's London to Birmingham phase is already at risk of delay according to a new report by the National Audit Office (NAO) which highlights cost and schedule pressures on the project.

Opening of High Speed 2's London to Birmingham phase is already at risk of delay according to a new report by the National Audit Office

Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, said the department's new aid targets would be «higher risk».

A new report from the National Audit Office into car crime has concluded that 32 per cent of car registration details are inaccurate.

Today's figures confirm a new report from the National Audit Office (NAO), which finds that in a sample of 115 young people and adults given Asbos, more than half (55 per cent) breached the conditions of their order.

Having been savaged by the National Audit Office, he says the department is getting to grips with a new IT system.

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The free school programme has delivered new schools faster than any other school building programme and, according to the National Audit Office, at significantly less cost to the taxpayer than previous initiatives.

Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, said: «Training a sufficient number of new teachers of the right quality is key to the success of all the money spent on England's schools.

However, the Department for Education was not sufficiently prepared for the financial implications of such a rapid expansion, or for the challenge of overseeing and monitoring such a large number of new academies,» stated Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office.

«At a time when headteachers are protesting about a funding crisis in existing schools, directing funds into new schools seems bizarre — particularly when the National Audit Office is questioning if free schools offer value for money.»

The National Audit Office in March this year said that 250,000 new school places are needed by Autumn 2014, with the need most acute in our major towns and cities.

uk which uses the DfE's forecasts for individual schools» funding per pupil in cash terms following the implementation of the proposed new funding formula, and the National Audit Office's predictions for cost increases facing schools, in order to produce forecasts for individual schools» funding per pupil in real terms compared to now.

The investigation follows a National Audit Office (NAO) report last week that said SEND pupils were having to «travel further, or be inappropriately placed in mainstream schools» because councils were struggling to open suitable state - funded places, in part due to the lack of funding avaiable for new provision.

The government can not prove its efforts to boost teacher retention and quality are having a positive impact or achieving value for money, the National Audit Office has said in a damning new report.

It also brings to an end a difficult week for the Department for Education, which has already faced criticism from the National Audit Office for its accounts, and comes just weeks after the government announced it would no longer be using new reception baseline tests as an performance measure for schools after concerns were raised about comparability.

This itself may well underestimate the need for new teachers, as the National Audit Office points out that it «does not aim to resolve pre-existing teacher shortages, including those caused by previously missed recruitment targets».

1 We consulted the following educators by e-mail and telephone: Jacqueline Ancess, Codirector, National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, and founding Principal of Manhattan East Middle School, New York, NY; Sanda Balaban, Autonomy Zone Liaison for New York City Department of Education and Coordinator of Homework Audit for New Mission High School, Roxbury, MA; Avram Barlowe, history teacher, Urban Academy, New York, NY; Ann Cook, Codirector, Urban Academy, and Cochair, New York Performance Standards Consortium, New York, NY; Cecelia Cunningham, Director of Middle College National Consortium and former Principal of Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community College, New York, NY; Herb Mack, Codirector, Urban Academy, New York, NY; Deborah Meier, Senior Scholar, New York University, Steinhardt School of Education, and founding Principal of Central Park East Elementary and Secondary Schools, New York, NY, and Mission Hill School, Boston, MA; Marian Mogulescu, education consultant and former Codirector of Vanguard High School, New York, NY; and Sylvia Rabiner, Project Manager, the Institute for Student Achievement, and founding Principal of Landmark High School, New York, NY.

Many of the government's multimillion - pound university technical colleges have «failed to establish their position in the educational landscape», and other new institutions are at risk of going the same way, according to the National Audit Office.

The National Audit Office also warned in 2016 that the government would have spent almost # 1 billion on bursaries for new teachers by this year, without their effectiveness being properly evaluated.

Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, said: «Until the department meets its targets and can show how its approach is improving trainee recruitment, quality and retention, we can not conclude that the arrangements for training new teachers are value for money.»

The National Audit Office has said that more than half (63 per cent) of the schools recently placed in special measures had not found new homes within nine months, and regional schools commissioners will be rated on the percentage of failing maintained schools they convert in that time.

The National Audit Office found that 57,500 of 113,500 new places in mainstream free schools opening between 2015 and 2021 will create «spare capacity» in the immediate areas of some of the institutions.

She also questioned Ofsted's capacity to inspect providers of the new apprenticeship, given that the National Audit Office has warned that the watchdog is yet to inspect 48 per cent of initial teacher training routes.

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Graham Robinson, infrastructure expert at Pinsent Masons, comments on the Government's policy on funding new infrastructure projects in the UK and the findings from the National Audit Office (NAO):

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