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Commerce in schools put under spotlight
May 19 2008:Leading authority on children and the media warns the 'privatisation' of schools could affect children's education
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Dec 17 2007:
Wetherby Prep, one of Britain's most exclusive private schools, has changed hands in a multi-million pound deal
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Nov 13 2005:
Fees at independent schools can reach £23,000 a year, a price many families, unhappy with the state sector, are willing to pay. But, reports Amelia Hill, more and more parents are protesting about the quality of private education.
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Nov 8 2005:
Calls grow for shake-up after key policy is hit by financial problems and slow delivery.
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Jul 15 2005:
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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May 17 2005:
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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Jan 5 2005:
Private sector companies which have taken over failing local education authorities are improving school results faster than the national average, a new report shows.
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Jan 4 2005:
A company in Walsall run by the private sector education provider Serco has dramatically improved schooling in the area, according to official inspectors.
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Dec 10 2004:
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.
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Dec 10 2004:
Wirral
Construction continues in five schools of the original nine school deal. The five have overrun their target deadline but are now near completion, according to a council spokesperson. Contingencies are in place should Jarvis become insolvent. The council has an "extremely robust" contract. -
Nov 9 2004:
Jarvis, the troubled rail engineering and PFI provider, shocked the City again yesterday with an £80m hole in the business and a catalogue of problems including the loss of a £260m schools project.
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Oct 14 2004:
Jarvis said yesterday it was pulling the plug on future Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts and has sold its bidding team to Vinci of France.
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Oct 13 2004:
Beleaguered engineering firm Jarvis has agreed to sell its private finance initiative bidding operations for schools projects in the UK and Ireland.
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Oct 2 2004:
The government's policy of handing key education services to the private sector came under renewed attack yesterday after ministers confirmed that a £177m contract has been awarded to Britain's biggest outsourcing company, Capita.
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Sep 30 2004:
The engineering group Jarvis has lost out on a contract to build schools for a local authority for the second time in two months, it emerged today.
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