Annual Reports
DfE: 45 sponsored academies will open in September 2011, with a further 49 due to open during this academic year. This is the highest ever number of new sponsored academies to open in one year. In addition, 185 good schools will become academies this month – on top of the 796 who have already converted.
ScotGov: Greenhouse gas emissions in Scotland have fallen by 28.9% since 1990, according to latest official statistics. Taking emissions trading into account, Scotland's emissions have fallen by 27.6% since the 1990 base year, meaning that Scotland is well on the way to achieving its 2020 target of reducing emissions by 42%.
EA: 182,000 households in England are now better defended against flood risk – exceeding the 3-year government set target by 37,000 homes – a report published by the Environment Agency claims. In addition, a record number of properties in the highest flood risk areas are now registered on the free national flood warning service (1 in 6properties in England is at risk from flooding).
Ofsted: Ofsted has presented its third annual report on the effectiveness of welfare & duty of care for recruits & trainees in Armed Forces initial training. The report draws on evidence from the inspection of 11 training establishments between June 2010 and February 2011.
For the first time since the inspection of welfare & duty of care began in 2004, one establishment was judged to be outstanding for its overall effectiveness in this area. 4 were good and six were satisfactory. No training establishment was judged to be inadequate.
