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Education Secretary Michael Gove today announced the appointment of a children's chief social worker and new training for top graduates.
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The government has today unveiled a new package of support to help local authorities attract and retain more foster carers from a wider range of backgrounds.
Edward Timpson, Children’s Minister, announces new funding to support foster carer recruitment and evidence-based interventions.
Education Minister Elizabeth Truss said the rigorous new spelling, grammar and punctuation test would raise standards for all children.
The department proposes changes to the law to allow local authorities to delegate work for looked-after children to external organisations.
Joint letter to all directors of children's services detailing support for adopter recruitment and approval services to become public service mutuals.
The Education Funding Agency announces 46 schools are to be rebuilt using private finance under the next steps of the Priority School Building Programme.
The Secretary of State speaks to the Brighton conference on setting higher expectations for every child.
More than 22,000 graduates have applied to become teachers via the School Direct programme, Department for Education figures published today show.
A new guide for adopters to easily identify the support they can access.
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) will raise the bar in education and children’s services by increasing the use of quantitative evidence.
Joint letter from ministers to employers on improving prospects for young people.
Information on increasing teacher numbers and teaching vacancies, which are at their lowest rate since 2005.
The Department for Education has published advice helping schools decide how to pay their teachers.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families Edward Timpson speaks about special educational needs policy reform in the Pears Annual Lecture, organised by Ambitious about Autism.
Edward Timpson, Children’s Minister, speaks to local family justice boards about reforms to the family justice system.
Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove speaks about teachers in charge, at the National College for Teaching and Leadership.
Education Minister Elizabeth Truss announces more than £2 million of funding so the best computing teachers can help train thousands more teachers.
David Laws was interviewed by 'The Independent' newspaper on how the uptake and use of the pupil premium funding varies across the country.
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