The government announced that private schools would be exempt from the £2 million sponsorship requirement when they set up or supported an academy school in the state sector.
Source: Speech by Lord Adonis (Minister for Schools), 2 October 2007
Links: Text of speech | DCSF press release | Guardian report | Telegraph report | FT report
Date: 2007-Oct
A think-tank report said that the gap in standards at A-level (Advanced level) between private and state schools had widened since 1997.
Source: Chris Skidmore, A Levels: The Widening Gap, Bow Group (020 7431 6400)
Links: Report | Annex | Telegraph report
Date: 2007-Oct
