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Calls grow for shake-up after key policy is hit by financial problems and slow delivery.
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Jarvis losses increasing
The engineering firm Jarvis reported widening losses today and warned of "fundamental uncertainty" ahead, as it tries to stave off bankruptcy. |
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RM writes off schools contract
RM, the computers for schools company, wrote off the value of recent acquisition Peakschoolhaus after the business failed to retain its contract with schools inspector Ofsted. |
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Capita's school deal under fire
The government's policy of handing key education services to the private sector has come under renewed attack. |
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Private education firm suspends head as school deficit soars
A north London comprehensive has been plunged into controversy by the suspension of its head and allegations of financial mismanagement. |
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PFI
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Private takeover 'improves' grades
Private sector companies which have taken over failing local education authorities are improving school results faster than the national average, a new report shows.
Private takeover 'transforms' Walsall schools |
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Jarvis's woes delay new public buildings
All but two of beleaguered construction company Jarvis's 21 current building projects in schools, hospitals and universities have missed their first deadlines, it was revealed today.
How Jarvis's construction projects stand
Council calls off school deal with Jarvis
Jarvis shares plunge on 'black' statement
Jarvis sells PFI unit to reduce debt mountain
Jarvis to sell school PFI contracts
Jarvis loses school PFI deal
Schools concerned over Jarvis crash
Embarrassment for Jarvis as fault closes school |
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Sponsorship
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Green plans £1.25m schools sponsorship
The entrepreneur bidding to take over the Marks & Spencer company is venturing into education, announcing plans to sponsor 50 comprehensive schools with a view to them becoming specialist institutions. |
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Comment and analysis
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The noisy truth of community
Melissa Benn: Despite middle-class anxieties about state education, the first 'no frills' private school has only 10 pupils. Why?
Letters: Our island story |
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Business class
Francis Beckett: Under Labour's plans, corporate sponsors can buy and run schools - and all for peanuts. |
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Private woes
Phil Revell explains why the private finance initiative came under attack at the Labour party conference. |
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An end to apartheid schooling
If the government wants to tackle social division in education, it's got to get tough with private schools.
"Our decisions were entirely rational and based on facts" |
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Privatisation in action
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Can schools survive commercial drive?
Under Labour, corporations are moving inexorably into the classroom. It started with 'free' computers - now they're running buildings and teachers, reports Nick Mathiason. |
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Emphasis on IT at privately run school
Britain's first privately run state school opened yesterday, with more than 100 computers, a cyber cafe, and a swipe card system instead of a morning register. |
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Background
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Private manoeuvres
The biggest privatisation yet in state education is about to start. Rebecca Smithers explains what happens next. |
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James Tooley at the Guardian Education symposium
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The debate
James Tooley spoke at the Schools in Crisis debate last year, and his speech on the benefits of privatisation attracted considerable dissent from the 1,000-strong audience. |
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In praise of the profit motive
November 23 1999: James Tooley tries to win over Guardian readers. |
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The government's advice
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A governor's guide to public-private partnerships
The department of education has produced a pamphlet explaining how initiatives like the one in Hackney work. Read it here. |
