Annual Reports
DCSF: A new benchmark for youth sport has been set with the publication of the PE & Sport Survey 2008/09. The survey is the sixth carried out by the Government and the first one since the target for 5- to 16-year-olds to do at least 2 hours of sport each week was met last year.
The latest benchmark for the 5-hour offer has now been set as the 2008/09 survey reveals that only 51% of pupils took part in at least 3 hours sport in a typical week.
Press release ~ PE and Sport Survey report 2008/09 ~ Research Brief ~ Guide to delivering the five-hour offer ~ PE Curriculum ~ School Sport Partnerships ~ SSP website ~ National PE and Sport Strategy for Young People ~ Teachernet - Physical Education and school sport ~ Youth Sport Trust ~ Sport England
ScotGov: Scotland's Chief Statistician has published Work and Worklessness among Households in Scotland 2009, which provides information on the economic activity status of working age households in Scotland and its local authorities.
Press release ~ Work and Worklessness among Households in Scotland 2009 ~ ScotGov - Labour Market ~ Standards of official statistics
CQC: The Care Quality Commission has published performance ratings for all 392 NHS trusts in England. It also commended the significant improvement in ratings for financial management, which is good news coming into a period of restraint on public spending.
But CQC raised concerns about the 20 trusts rated ‘weak’ this year on Quality and a further 27 that have not been higher than ‘fair’ for Quality & Financial Management in the last 4 years. These organisations face a tough challenge to meet requirements of the new registration system, which CQC will introduce next year.
HEFCE: An independent survey of HEFCE's main stakeholders, other than higher education institutions (HEIs) & further education colleges, found that there has been a shift in the way they rate many aspects of their relationship with HEFCE from 'good' to 'very good'. The survey conducted by Ipsos MORI found that external organisations with an interest in higher education (HE) recognise an improvement in the quality of HEFCE’s relationships with them since the last survey in 2005.
Press release ~ Survey of communications and relations between HEFCE and its key non-HEI stakeholders and staff
IfL: The Institute for Learning (IfL) and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) have produced a film addressing the important contribution that teachers & trainers in further education & skills play in helping realise the UK's ambition of being in the top 8 countries in the world for skills, jobs and productivity. This joint venture builds on the Ambition 2020: World Class Skills and Jobs for the UK report published by UKCES in May 2009.
Press release ~ View Film ~ UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) ~ Ambition 2020: World Class Skills and Jobs for the UK
IfL: The Institute for Learning (IfL) is ‘making a difference for teachers and trainers’. The professional body has published a review of its progress since the introduction of membership for all teachers & trainers across the further education & skills sector. Covering the years 2008 to 2009, the report focuses on the 3 strategic priorities that IfL developed with members and set out in its 5-Year Strategy.
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