The School Day and Year
The rules and debate relating to the setting of school hours and term times. Do children benefit from a longer school day or year?
Documents to download
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CBP07375 (773 KB , PDF)
This paper provides information on the levels of funding available for capital projects in English schools, as well as on the streams of funding schools may access. The Priority School Building Programme, implemented by the Coalition Government as a replacement for the previous Building Schools for the Future programme, is discussed in a separate section.
The briefing includes an overview of the June 2020 announcements of a ’10-year, multi-wave, rebuilding programme’ for schools. Details of the funding, and the projects that will be supported, are yet to be announced.
The paper also includes an overview of the National Audit Office report on capital funding in schools, published in February 2017.
Documents to download
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CBP07375 (773 KB , PDF)
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University admissions 2021
A levels were cancelled again in 2021 due to the pandemic. Final grades were awarded based on teacher assessments. This resulted in a large increase in the number of top grades awarded. What impact did this have on the number of students starting in 2021 and on the number of places and accommodation available? How might teaching at the start of the academic year be affected by the pandemic?
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Careers guidance in schools, colleges and universities (England)
This House of Commons Library briefing paper looks at the requirements on schools, colleges and universities in England to provide careers guidance, the quality of the advice provided, and also the organisations working to provide careers advice.
