UK statistics body has 'serious concerns' over DfE funding claims

The education secretary, Damian Hinds, agreed his department ‘could have been clearer’ on reading performance but stood by the claim about 1.9 million pupils in good or outstanding schools.The education secretary, Damian Hinds, has been publicly reprimanded by the UK statistics watchdog over his department’s repeated misuse of data, in particular its “potentially misleading” claims over schools funding.The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) complained it had had reason