Housing developers to contribute more to school place funding
New guidance has been issued by the government to encourage housing developers to fund the school places their developments create. It will support local authorities to negotiate what funding and land is required from housing developers for new schools and school expansions. Developers already contribute to the cost of new infrastructure, including schools, but council […]
Apprenticeships ‘the answer to falling uni numbers’
Apprenticeships can meet many of the challenges thrown up by falling university numbers, according to DTL. While many commentators have blamed high tuition fees for a growing number of young people choosing not to apply for university, in turn raising fears of a lack of social mobility, DTL points out that school leavers give other reasons […]