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Saturday, 17 November 2012
News on the reaction to the Department for Education’s proposal to make foreign languages compulsory for pupils aged 7 to 11....
Friday, 16 November 2012
Today (16 November 2012) Lord Carlile has submitted his review of the Edlington Case to Education Secretary Michael Gove....
Thursday, 15 November 2012
The government is interested in exploring how academies and free schools can use their freedoms to create a military ethos and raise standards....
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Speaking at the Fostering Network’s annual conference, Children’s Minister Edward Timpson calls for a cut in the red tape stopping foster carers getti...
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Education Secretary Michael Gove speaks at the Independent Academies Association....
Monday, 12 November 2012
Extracts from Nursery World’s interview with Elizabeth Truss, Minister for Education and Childcare....
Friday, 09 November 2012
The Education Minister calls for a renaissance in maths to help meet the demand of UK employers, and announces the removal of calculators from key sta...
Friday, 09 November 2012
On 9 November 2012, Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss announced that calculators would be banned in maths tests for 11-year-olds from 2...
Friday, 09 November 2012
Peter Batley, Debbie Meech and Jonathan Crossley-Holland have been appointed to serve as members of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) for three ...
Friday, 09 November 2012
Information about Michael Gove's reponse to current adoption waiting-list figures....
Wednesday, 07 November 2012
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for education explains why the voice of young people should shape government policy....
Sunday, 04 November 2012
Details of a plan to improve children's engagement with the works of Shakespeare....
Friday, 26 October 2012
From 2013 prospective teachers will have to sit new tougher tests in English, mathematics and reasoning before they can start training. ...
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Minister for Children Edward Timpson addresses the ADCS conference and asks local leaders to remain ambitious on behalf of the young people in their c...
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Details of the plan to improve the teaching of computer science....
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Lord Hill speaks at the Studio Schools Trust conference....
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Children's Minister Edward Timpson talks to the Advertising Association about the importance of letting children be children....
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Details of a new scheme to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I....
Tuesday, 09 October 2012
Hundreds of children who are permanently excluded from school are to be part of a new trial in which headteachers will be responsible for ensuring tha...
Friday, 05 October 2012
Information on the success of the English Baccalaureate. ...
Tuesday, 02 October 2012
New baseline designs for new schools are published today, which will see them built more efficiently, sustainably and cheaply....
Friday, 28 September 2012
New teacher training scholarships in chemistry led by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) have been announced today. ...
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Applications are now open to allow schools to register for School Direct....
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Edward Timpson responds to Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board’s review....
Thursday, 27 September 2012
National, regional and local authority results for the year 1 phonics reading check and key stage 1 results are published today....
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Edward Timpson, Children and Families Minister, speaks about the adoption statistics released today. ...
Monday, 24 September 2012
Detail of a 50% rise in the pupil premium....
Thursday, 20 September 2012
Find out the results of tests in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school in summer 2012....
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
A consultation into how the process for assessing prospective adoptors and foster carers can be speeded up, and how the bureaucracy that currently mak...
Monday, 10 September 2012
Details about the recent opening of studio schools and university technical colleges in England....
Security Industry Authority SIA begins process of gaining PIDA prescribed person status
Environment Agency Illegal waste site in Lancashire shut down
Serious Fraud Office SFO secures £10m from British defence supplier
Environment Agency Dorset farmers to pay £33,500 over slurry handling
Civil Nuclear Constabulary UK National Threat Level raised to SEVERE
Competition and Markets Authority CMA publishes latest monitoring report on road fuel market
Government Internal Audit Agency Andy Brittain joins GIAA as Interim Chief Executive