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  1. Investigation into pre-school vaccinations

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    This investigation sets out the system for providing vaccinations to pre-school children in England and the levels of uptake.

  3. Children in care

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    The Department for Education is not meeting its objectives to improve the quality of care and the stability of placements for children in care.

  4. Improving poorly performing schools

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    A large proportion of schools in England provide high standards of education, with pupil attainment improving in primary and secondary schools. However, some schools are performing less well. The Department for Education and Skills and Ofsted use several definitions to identify schools that are performing poorly and need additional support; among the 1,557 schools included […]

  6. Local government funding: Assurance to Parliament

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    The Department has increased local authorities’ flexibility over their funding, but as a result has less information on how funds are being spent.

  7. Educating the next generation of scientists

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    The Department for Education has made good progress in improving take-up and achievement in areas such as A-Level maths and GCSE Triple Science. However, there has been less success in increasing the number of science teachers, improving take-up of A-Level physics and raising the standards of school science facilities.

  8. Improving school attendance in England

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    A report by the National Audit Office today has highlighted the major challenge faced by the Department for Education and Skills in reducing pupil absence from schools. The Department, together with local authorities and schools, has made some progress in reducing total absence. At the same time, there has been no decline in unauthorised absence, […]

  9. Ofsted’s inspection of schools

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    This report examines whether Ofsted’s approach to inspecting schools is providing value for money. We assessed Ofsted’s role, performance and impact.

  10. Converting maintained schools to academies

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    This report focuses on the arrangements for converting schools to academies. We assess the Department for Education’s approach and the extent of conversion; the robustness, cost and speed of the conversion process; and the availability of sponsors and multi-academy trusts to support schools to convert to academies.

  11. Civil Service People Survey Explorer

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    Find out how government departments score on diversity. Our interactive graphics summarise the findings from Cabinet Office’s People Survey.

  12. Oversight of special education for young people aged 16-25

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    Course outcomes for young people aged 16-25 receiving special educational support are improving. However, a lack of understanding of the relationship between needs, costs and outcomes can lead to students not getting the right support, and risks compromising value for money.

  13. Water supply and demand management

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    This report sets out the challenges facing the water industry in England and assesses how Defra is tackling them.

  16. Achieving net zero

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    This report applies experience from auditing cross-government challenges to highlight the risks government needs to manage to achieve net zero.

  19. Delivering the free entitlement to education for three- and four-year-olds

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    The Department for Education has made progress against many of its objectives in delivering the free entitlement to early education, but it must address variations in take-up, quality of provision and the impact on attainment in later years if it is to achieve value for money.