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Academy freedoms for pupil referral units

Academy freedoms for pupil referral units

Monday, 27 February 2012

Charlie Taylor: Academy freedoms for pupil referral units will help fix the flawed system that is failing vulnerable children....

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Michael Gove speech on adoption

Michael Gove speech on adoption

Thursday, 23 February 2012

Michael Gove at the Isaac Newton Centre for Continuing Professional Development speaks about the forthcoming reforms to the adoption system....

Radical new approach to defuse 'ticking time bomb' of NEETs

Radical new approach to defuse 'ticking time bomb' of NEETs

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Nick Clegg unveils a new scheme to get 16- and 17-year-olds earning or learning again....

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Free school groups set to apply for 2013

Free school groups set to apply for 2013

Monday, 13 February 2012

Groups that want to open mainstream, special and alternative provision free schools in September 2013 can submit their detailed plans to the Departmen...

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New data shows that pupils miss out on core academic subjects

New data shows that pupils miss out on core academic subjects

Thursday, 09 February 2012

Thousands of pupils are missing out on the opportunity to study the core academic subjects, new figures reveal today....

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Nick Gibb on reading: greater expectations

Nick Gibb on reading: greater expectations

Tuesday, 07 February 2012

Nick Gibb at Stockwell Park High School speaking about reading on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens....

New guidelines to help industry promote internet safety

New guidelines to help industry promote internet safety

Tuesday, 07 February 2012

The UK Council for Child Internet Safety launches new guidelines for organisations and internet service providers to make sure parents and children un...

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New national reading competition to create a generation of book lovers

New national reading competition to create a generation of book lovers

Tuesday, 07 February 2012

Schools Minister Nick Gibb announces a new reading competition designed to inspire children to become voracious readers and boost literacy standards....

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Major overhaul to reform family justice system

Major overhaul to reform family justice system

Monday, 06 February 2012

Children and families in England and Wales will benefit from major reforms to the family justice system....

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Government appoints new Chair of the School Teachers’ Review Body

Government appoints new Chair of the School Teachers’ Review Body

Thursday, 02 February 2012

Dame Patricia Hodgson DBE has been appointed to serve as Chair of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) from 1 February 2012 for three years. ...

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Performance tables: only the highest quality qualifications to be included

Performance tables: only the highest quality qualifications to be included

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Announcement that qualifications counting in performance pables will be reduced from 3,175 to 125. ...

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Tim Loughton at the National Youth Agency / LGG conference

Tim Loughton at the National Youth Agency / LGG conference

Monday, 30 January 2012

Tim Loughton speaks at the National Youth Agency/LGG conference on youth and children's services....

Tackling child sexual exploitation must be a priority, says minister

Tackling child sexual exploitation must be a priority, says minister

Friday, 27 January 2012

The Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation Action Plan brings together actions by the government and partners to protect children from abuse....

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Children's minister Tim Loughton speaks to the Fostering Network

Children's minister Tim Loughton speaks to the Fostering Network

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Children's minister Tim Loughton speaks to the Fostering Network about his support for their work and his commitment to children and young people in c...

New data reveals the truth about school performance

New data reveals the truth about school performance

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Press notice setting out the secondary school performance tables for GCSE and A level exams. ...

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Department for Education confirms new Chair of Cafcass

Department for Education confirms new Chair of Cafcass

Monday, 23 January 2012

Education Secretary Michael Gove has appointed Baroness Tyler as the new Chair of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass)...

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Partnerships for Schools Board member appointments extended until closure

Partnerships for Schools Board member appointments extended until closure

Monday, 23 January 2012

Education Secretary Michael Gove has extended the appointments for three Board Members of the Government’s delivery agency, Partnerships for Schools....

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Phonics funding: thousands of schools sign up

Phonics funding: thousands of schools sign up

Thursday, 19 January 2012

Thousands of primary schools have already signed up to spend more than £7.7 million on new phonics products and training to drive up their pupils’ sta...

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Michael Gove welcomes commitment from Barclays to academies and Free Schools

Michael Gove welcomes commitment from Barclays to academies and Free Schools

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Education Secretary Michael Gove today welcomed a commitment from Barclays to offer their expertise and support to schools across England. ...

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Michael Gove speech at the BETT Show 2012

Michael Gove speech at the BETT Show 2012

Friday, 13 January 2012

Michael Gove gives a speech at the BETT Show 2012 on ICT in the National Curriculum....

Schools get more freedom to manage teacher performance

Schools get more freedom to manage teacher performance

Friday, 13 January 2012

Schools will soon find it easier to manage their teachers and help ensure they are performing to the best of their abilities....

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‘Harmful’ ICT curriculum set to be dropped to make way for rigorous computer science

‘Harmful’ ICT curriculum set to be dropped to make way for rigorous computer science

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Gove announces the scrapping the existing ICT curriculum to introduce new courses of study in computer science....

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Michael Gove speaks to the Schools Network

Michael Gove speaks to the Schools Network

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

The Secretary of State talks about the importance of technology and digital networks....

Michael Gove speech on academies

Michael Gove speech on academies

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

The Education Secretary's speech on academies at Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College....

Nick Gibb speech on school improvement

Nick Gibb speech on school improvement

Friday, 06 January 2012

Schools Minister Nick Gibb’s speech to the North of England Education Conference....

New powers for schools to beat the takeaways

New powers for schools to beat the takeaways

Thursday, 29 December 2011

Schools will now be able to take on the takeaways with special meal deals to boost uptake of school lunches and tackle obesity....

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Assessment process for adopters to be reformed

Assessment process for adopters to be reformed

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Expert group to draw up new process to recruit, train and assess people as adoptive parents....

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Free school capital funding confirmed for 7 schools

Free school capital funding confirmed for 7 schools

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

The Department for Education has today published details of the capital funding for 7 free schools, opened in September 2011, where the cost of buildi...

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Government sets out strategy to be Positive for Youth

Government sets out strategy to be Positive for Youth

Monday, 19 December 2011

Children’s Minister Tim Loughton publishes the government's new vision for youth services....

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Teacher pension scheme member contribution changes for 2012 13

Teacher pension scheme member contribution changes for 2012 13

Friday, 16 December 2011

DfE has today published the outcome of the consultation for members’ contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) in financial year 2012-13. Th...

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