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Free pre school education: Deputy prime minister hails a revolution

Free pre school education: Deputy prime minister hails a revolution

Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Nick Clegg announces a shake-up in the way free early education is delivered....

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15 new university technical colleges: employers back plan

15 new university technical colleges: employers back plan

Monday, 28 May 2012

Fifteen brand new university technical colleges (UTCs) have today been approved to open in 2013 and 2014. They will have involvement from around 200 h...

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Nick Gibb at the Voice conference

Nick Gibb at the Voice conference

Monday, 28 May 2012

The Schools Minister addresses the Voice conference in Manchester to outline the government's programme of education reform to raise standards and red...

Written ministerial statement on the Priority School Building Programme

Written ministerial statement on the Priority School Building Programme

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Education Secretary Michael Gove has today made a statement in relation to school funding and the Priority School Building Programme....

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Teather: parents should have a greater say in their children’s centre

Teather: parents should have a greater say in their children’s centre

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Children's Minister Sarah Teather talks about getting parents involved in early education services....

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Biggest overhaul to child performance regulations in over 40 years

Biggest overhaul to child performance regulations in over 40 years

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Outdated and confusing child performance rules are to be overhauled, under sweeping changes published today by Children’s Minister Tim Loughton....

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Tim Loughton’s speech at the Celebration of Fostering event

Tim Loughton’s speech at the Celebration of Fostering event

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

The Children's Minister talks about the importance of fostering at an event to celebrate Foster Care Fortnight at the South Bank Centre....

Fostering services need to reach out to wider range of carers

Fostering services need to reach out to wider range of carers

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

The care system is facing major challenges as the number of looked after children rises and retiring foster carers are not replaced fast enough, Child...

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Government review of the tax arrangements of public sector appointees

Government review of the tax arrangements of public sector appointees

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Information regarding the Department's submission to the Government review of the tax arrangements of public sector appointees...

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Munro: Child protection reforms welcomed but pace needs to be accelerated

Munro: Child protection reforms welcomed but pace needs to be accelerated

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Professor Eileen Munro: urgent cultural change in the child protection system now underway....

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Prime Minister announces support for families

Prime Minister announces support for families

Friday, 18 May 2012

Announcement about new support to help families, including parenting classes and relationship support....

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Tim Loughton at the Safe and Sound National Conference

Tim Loughton at the Safe and Sound National Conference

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Children's Minister Tim Loughton talks about tackling child sexual exploitation at the 5th Safe and Sound National conference at The British Library....

Tim Loughton addresses Community Care Live

Tim Loughton addresses Community Care Live

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

The Children's Minister speaks to social workers at the Community Care Live conference about the Government's progress in reforming child protection, ...

Reforming teachers’ pay: government sets out case

Reforming teachers’ pay: government sets out case

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Details on the case put by Michael Gove for reform of teachers' pay....

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Hundreds of employers bid for £250m skills training pilot

Hundreds of employers bid for £250m skills training pilot

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Information on the government's employer ownership pilot for investment in skills and training....

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Parents given power of veto on schools’ use of biometric information

Parents given power of veto on schools’ use of biometric information

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

New advice to schools will make clear that they will no longer be able to use pupils’ biometric data without parental consent. The advice, launched to...

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Special educational needs support: families to be given personal budgets

Special educational needs support: families to be given personal budgets

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Parents will have a new right to buy in specialist special educational needs (SEN) and disabled care for children from 2014, the biggest change to SEN...

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Adoption delays: scorecards show extent across England

Adoption delays: scorecards show extent across England

Friday, 11 May 2012

Details of official figures which show long waiting times for children moving from care into adoption....

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Education Secretary Michael Gove's speech to Brighton College

Education Secretary Michael Gove's speech to Brighton College

Thursday, 10 May 2012

Michael Gove speaks at Brighton College about the government's initiatives to address the educational attainment gap....

Ending the Ofsted annual children’s services assessment

Ending the Ofsted annual children’s services assessment

Thursday, 10 May 2012

If passed, new legislation will mean that local authority children’s services will no longer have to be assessed by Ofsted....

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Protecting children from commercialisation and sexualisation: next steps on Bailey review

Protecting children from commercialisation and sexualisation: next steps on Bailey review

Wednesday, 09 May 2012

Details of new measures to protect children from commercialisation and sexualisation in society....

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Children and Families Bill to give families support when they need it most

Children and Families Bill to give families support when they need it most

Wednesday, 09 May 2012

Information about how the Children and Families Bill will help parents, families and children and young people with SEN....

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Nick Gibb at the Diana Award

Nick Gibb at the Diana Award

Friday, 04 May 2012

Nick Gibb speaks at the Diana Award ceremony about bullying....

Media statement about the Priory Federation of Academies Trust

Media statement about the Priory Federation of Academies Trust

Friday, 27 April 2012

The Department for Education has made a statement on the Priory Federation of Academies Trust....

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Sarah Teather speaks to the Daycare Trust

Sarah Teather speaks to the Daycare Trust

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Sarah Teather, Children's Minister, addresses the Daycare Trust....

Opening speech by Lord Hill of Oareford on the second reading of the Academies Bill

Opening speech by Lord Hill of Oareford on the second reading of the Academies Bill

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Lord Hill of Oareford's speech to the House of Lords concerning the proposed greater freedoms and responsibilities afforded to schools and teachers by...

Michael Gove to the Education World Forum

Michael Gove to the Education World Forum

Thursday, 26 April 2012

The Education Secretary refers to the PISA survey of international education performance to outline how whole-system reform is needed to build a world...

Tim Loughton to the BETT Education Leaders’ Conference

Tim Loughton to the BETT Education Leaders’ Conference

Thursday, 26 April 2012

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families stresses the importance of technology in education at the BETT Education Leaders’...

Parents get the full facts about every secondary school

Parents get the full facts about every secondary school

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Parents can now see every secondary school in England's performance in each GCSE subject to help choose the right school for their children....

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England's 15 year olds' reading: over a year behind the world's best

England's 15 year olds' reading: over a year behind the world's best

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Research reveals that GCSE pupils' reading compares unfavourably with pupils in Shanghai, Korea and Finland....

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