Category: education

The School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 – 11 KBW

Posted April 8th, 2013 in education, local government, news, school admissions, Wales by sally

“The Schools Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act (“the Act”) was passed by the Assembly on 15 January 2013 and received its Royal Assent on 4 March 2013. The proposal to legislate was announced by the First Minister on 12 July 2011, when the legislative programme for the Welsh Government was set out, and a White Paper followed in October 2011. The School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Bill was published in April 2012, along with an Explanatory Memorandum.”

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11 KBW, 3rd April 2013

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Regina (Patel) v General Medical Council – WLR Daily

Posted April 3rd, 2013 in appeals, doctors, education, judicial review, law reports, universities by sally

Regina (Patel) v General Medical Council [2013] EWCA Civ 1938; [2013] WLR (D) 128

“A professional medical body with responsibility for registering doctors was not entitled to defeat the legitimate expectation of registration of a British resident who had undertaken a long course of study by distance learning at an overseas university, relying on e-mail assurances from the defendant body that he would be entitled to register his medical qualification once awarded on completion of all the clinical requirements. The decision to refuse him registration because the criteria for accepting overseas qualifications had since changed could not stand.”

WLR Daily, 27th March 2013

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L-drivers face ‘minimum learning period’ in radical overhaul of driving test rules – The Independent

Posted March 26th, 2013 in driving licences, education, news, time limits, young persons by sally

“A sweeping overhaul of driving test rules was announced today [25 March] by Patrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary, in an attempt to reduce the number of young motorists killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads.”

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The Independent, 25th March 2013

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‘Not good’: Ofsted gives a mixed verdict on education reforms in major setback for Michael Gove – The Independent

Posted March 18th, 2013 in education, government departments, news, ombudsmen, reports by sally

“Michael Gove’s flagship education project has been dealt an embarrassing blow after inspectors demanded that three of the new wave of ‘free schools’ must improve their teaching, leadership and pupil performance. In the first official verdict on the Education Secretary’s free schools programme, Ofsted inspectors have ruled that three of the first nine institutions to be examined are “not good” schools.”

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The Independent, 17th March 2013

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Inter-authority recoupment – Education Law Blog

Posted March 14th, 2013 in costs, education, local government, news, regulations, special educational needs by sally

“The Inter-authority Recoupment (England) Regulations 2013 have now been made and will come into force on 1 April 2013.”

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Education Law Blog, 13th March 2013

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Warning over ‘needless criminalisation’ of children in care – BBC News

Posted March 14th, 2013 in care homes, children, crime, education, news, reports, select committees by sally

“Children in care in England and Wales are being needlessly criminalised for ‘trivial incidents’, MPs have warned.”

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BBC News, 14th March 2013

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Regina ( WGGS Ltd trading as Western Governors Graduate School) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted March 13th, 2013 in appeals, education, law reports, news, sponsored immigrants by sally

Regina ( WGGS Ltd trading as Western Governors Graduate School) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 177; [2013] WLR (D) 96

“The UK Border Agency required colleges seeking highly trusted sponsor status to report all students who failed to enrol including those refused entry clearance or leave to remain. A refusal rate of 20% made proper allowance for unsuitable applicants who could not reasonably be weeded out by a college’s admissions staff.”

WLR Daily, 8th March 2013

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Telling tales out of school: balancing public authority employees’ duties of confidentiality with their right to freedom of expression – Employment Law Blog

Posted February 28th, 2013 in appeals, confidentiality, education, employment, employment tribunals, freedom of expression, news, whistleblowers by sally

“A dinner lady told a child’s parents that their daughter had been tied to a fence and whipped with a skipping rope by some other pupils, repeated the same to the press and then was dismissed for breach of confidentiality and acting in a manner likely to bring the school into disrepute. An employment tribunal found the dismissal procedurally unfair but dismissed her whistleblowing claim and reduced her compensation for unfair dismissal on the grounds of Polkey and for contributory fault. The tribunal did not, however, determine the question of whether the claimant could lawfully be disciplined for ‘telling tales out of school’ (as it put it).”

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Employment Law Blog, 27th February 2013

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N v Styrelsen for Videregående Uddannelser og Uddannelsesstøtt – WLR Daily

Posted February 26th, 2013 in EC law, education, freedom of movement, law reports, social security by sally

N v Styrelsen for Videregående Uddannelser og Uddannelsesstøtt (Case C-46/12); [2013] WLR (D) 77

“On the proper interpretation of articles 7(1) and 24(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38, a European Union citizen who pursued a course of study in a host member state whilst at the same time engaging in effective and genuine employment activities such as to confer on him the status of ‘worker’ within the meaning of article 45FEU of the FEU Treaty could not be refused maintenance aid for studies which was granted to the nationals of that member state.”

WLR Daily, 21st February 2013

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Should jurors have to take a literacy test? – The Guardian

Posted February 25th, 2013 in education, evidence, judiciary, juries, media, news by sally

“The judge in the Vicky Pryce trial last week dismissed the jury for ‘fundamental deficits in understanding’. Should jurors have to sit a test?”

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The Guardian, 23rd February 2013

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Regina (Lewisham London Borough Council and others) v Assessment and Qualifications Alliance and others – WLR Daily

Posted February 21st, 2013 in education, examinations, judicial review, law reports by sally

Regina (Lewisham London Borough Council and others) v Assessment and Qualifications Alliance and others [2013] EWHC 211 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 62

The court’s role in deciding a question of fundamental unfairness on a judicial review claim was supervisory. Only where a reasonable body could not fairly have acted as the defendants had did their conduct trespass into the area of conspicuous unfairness amounting to abuse of power.

WLR Daily, 13th February 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Transforming Youth Custody: Putting education at the heart of detention – Ministry of Justice

Posted February 14th, 2013 in detention, education, news, rehabilitation, young offenders by sally

“‘Transforming Youth Custody: Putting education at the heart of detention’ describes the Government’s plans for placing high quality education at the centre of youth custody. Plans to reform youth custody will see young people appropriately punished while at the same time learning to take responsibility for their actions and gaining the skills and qualifications they need to lead productive, law-abiding lives. The paper invites views and outline proposals from a wide range of stakeholders and providers describing how they would implement our vision for Secure Colleges.”

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Ministry of Justice, 14th February 2013

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Young offenders: government plans to put education ‘at heart of detention’ – The Guardian

Posted February 14th, 2013 in education, news, rehabilitation, young offenders by sally

“Academies and free schools are to be invited to take over education in young offender institutions (YOIs) as part of a radical plan to create ‘secure training colleges’.”

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The Guardian, 14th February 2013

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GCSE English students lose court battle – The Guardian

Posted February 13th, 2013 in education, examinations, judicial review, news by sally

“Hopes that tens of thousands of GCSE English students might have their grades raised have been dashed after the high court ruled that measures exam authorities took last summer to combat grade inflation were lawful.”

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The Guardian, 13th February 2013

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GCSE grading row: Result of court case due – BBC News

Posted February 13th, 2013 in education, examinations, judicial review, news by sally

“Thousands of teenagers are awaiting a ruling from the High Court on Wednesday over the grading of GCSE English exams sat in June last year.”

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BBC News, 13th February 2013

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The IPCC should be scrapped, says former Met Police Commissioner Lord Stevens – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 11th, 2013 in complaints, diversity, education, news, police by sally

“The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) should be replaced with a new body that can hold the police to account when something goes wrong, says the former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Lord Stevens.”

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Daily Telegraph, 10th February 2013

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College of Policing open for business – Home Office

Posted February 6th, 2013 in education, news, police by sally

“Policing and Criminal Justice Minister Damian Green today welcomed the launch of the College of Policing. The College will help raise the standards of policing across England and Wales creating a force fit for the 21st Century.”

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Home Office, 4th February 2013

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Refusal to make a statement: remember the context – Education Law Blog

Posted February 5th, 2013 in appeals, education, local government, news, special educational needs, tribunals by tracey

“A short recent decision of the Upper Tribunal (JS v Worcestershire County Council [2012] UKUT 451 (AAC)) has emphasised the importance, when assessing a child’s special educational needs (‘SENs’), of considering the context in which he or she is performing.”

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Education Law Blog, 4th february 2013

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More training to identify and support victims of human trafficking – Home Office

Posted January 21st, 2013 in charities, education, news, trafficking in human beings, victims by sally

“GPs, midwives, youth workers and social workers are among those professionals who will soon benefit from training to identify and help victims of human trafficking, the Home Office announced today.”

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Home Office, 21st January 2013

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Public sector equality duty – planning permission for school – Education Law Blog

Posted January 18th, 2013 in education, equality, local government, news, planning by tracey

“In R. (on the application of Coleman) v Barnet LBC [2012] EWHC 3725 (Admin) , the High Court has held that the local authority had discharged its public sector equality duty (under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010) when granting planning permission for the development of a school on land on which a garden centre had been situated.”

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Education Law Blog, 15th January 2013

Source: www.education11kbw.com