Parents are being warned today not to rely on school league tables to judge how good or bad a school maybe. In an article published in ‘Significance’, the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society, researchers from the University of Bristol conclude that Government use of league tables is unjustified.
Statisticians from the University looked at GSCE scores from secondary schools in England and compared the value added scores with straight forward GCSE averages. 

People with vocational qualifications are half as likely to spend a long time looking for work as those with a degree according to a survey published today. The study has been conducted by YouGov, ahead of the first national celebration of vocational qualifications in July. The study shows that holders of vocational qualifications report that they are 23 per cent more likely to feel ready for work from day one compared
with graduates. 

This report to Ministers by the Futurebuilders Advisory Panel describes the progress made in making finance available to third sector organizations and recommends improvements to the way the Futurebuilders Fund operates.
The Futurebuilders Fund was set up to test the theory that if third sector organisations can access investment finance at reasonable cost, they can then compete for and win public service delivery contracts.