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From Department for Education (DfE)
  • Apprenticeship trailblazers continue to gain momentum

    Matthew Hancock announces a new range of apprenticeships that will be developed by employers under the Trailblazer scheme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Child poverty strategy launched

    Supporting families into work, improving living standards and raising educational attainment are the fundamental aims set out in the government’s child poverty strategy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Welfare reforms boost skills training by 40%

    Welfare reforms have boosted the number of benefit claimants training to improve their skills by almost 40%.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government reforms aid attainment among black pupils

    Figures show academies programme helping to boost black pupils' results.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pupils' destinations data to help parents choose the best schools

    New figures show what young people went on to do after leaving school or college.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Extra £2 million of support available for adoptive families

    Over £2 million of new funding is now available to help adopted children settle into their new families by accessing crucial support services.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pupil Premium Awards 2014

    Pupil Premium Awards reward schools that have used their pupil premium in new or especially effective ways to help disadvantaged pupils.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New £50m fund to help most disadvantaged 3- and 4-year-olds

    More than 170,000 children in England set to benefit from more than £50 million.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Lowest rate of young people NEET for 20 years

    New stats show more 16- to 18-year-olds in education, employment or training since comparable records began.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Almost 9 in 10 receive first choice of primary school

    This year 88% of families got a place at their first choice primary school and 85% were offered one at their first choice secondary.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New rules to help children’s talents shine

    Rules about how and when children can perform in public are to be updated and clarified under proposals published today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Consultation on promoting British values in school

    Announcing the launch of a consultation on strengthening powers to intervene in schools failing to promote British values.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New freedoms to help local areas support vulnerable children

    Local authorities will be given new freedoms to encourage innovation and achieve better outcomes for vulnerable children.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Matthew Hancock speaks about reforms to vocational education

    Matthew Hancock, Skills Minister, speaks to the Sunday Times Festival of Education about vocational education.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Secondary schools can opt in to progress 8 measures in 2015

    Mainstream maintained schools, academies and free schools can now choose to adopt the new performance measures a year early in 2015.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Traineeship funding consultation emphasises outcomes for young people

    A consultation on the future funding of traineeships has been launched today by Skills and Enterprise Minister Matthew Hancock.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • David Laws speech on grammar schools

    Schools Minister David Laws calls on grammar schools to be more open to disadvantaged pupils.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New schools bring total number of free school places to 175,000

    The Education Secretary has approved 38 new free schools, which will create 22,000 school places across England and drive up standards.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New fund to expand cadet units in state schools

    Government to kick-start the scheme with a boost of £1 million.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Outstanding academy headteachers flock to join headteacher boards

    Over 160 headteachers apply to help the new regional schools commissioners support academies across England.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government