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Disadvantaged children who start out as high-attainers are overtaken by their better-off peers who were initially average-attainers.
Information about the 2014 phonics threshold mark.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Matthew Hancock announces a new range of apprenticeships that will be developed by employers under the Trailblazer scheme.
Figures show academies programme helping to boost black pupils' results.
New figures show what young people went on to do after leaving school or college.
Ofsted publishes findings of the review of the inspection history of Stanbridge Earls School with an updated action plan.
Ofsted publish findings which show too many primary school children in Stoke-on-Trent are falling behind in their reading.
Pupil Premium Awards reward schools that have used their pupil premium in new or especially effective ways to help disadvantaged pupils.
More than 170,000 children in England set to benefit from more than £50 million.
New stats show more 16- to 18-year-olds in education, employment or training since comparable records began.
This year 88% of families got a place at their first choice primary school and 85% were offered one at their first choice secondary.
Announcing the launch of a consultation on strengthening powers to intervene in schools failing to promote British values.
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission publishes research on the factors behind improved results for disadvantaged London pupils.
Matthew Hancock, Skills Minister, speaks to the Sunday Times Festival of Education about vocational education.
Mainstream maintained schools, academies and free schools can now choose to adopt the new performance measures a year early in 2015.
Students in the state school system deserve the same opportunities to excel at competitive sport as those in the independent sector
Speech to launch 'Going the extra mile: excellence in competitive school sport'
A consultation on the future funding of traineeships has been launched today by Skills and Enterprise Minister Matthew Hancock.
Schools Minister David Laws calls on grammar schools to be more open to disadvantaged pupils.
Charlie Taylor's speech for National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) conference on 19 June 2014.
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