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Details of a plan to improve children's engagement with the works of Shakespeare.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
From 2013 prospective teachers will have to sit new tougher tests in English, mathematics and reasoning before they can start training.
Minister for Children Edward Timpson addresses the ADCS conference and asks local leaders to remain ambitious on behalf of the young people in their care.
Details of the plan to improve the teaching of computer science.
Lord Hill speaks at the Studio Schools Trust conference.
Children's Minister Edward Timpson talks to the Advertising Association about the importance of letting children be children.
Details of a new scheme to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I.
Hundreds of children who are permanently excluded from school are to be part of a new trial in which headteachers will be responsible for ensuring that they continue to receive a decent education.
Information on the success of the English Baccalaureate.
New baseline designs for new schools are published today, which will see them built more efficiently, sustainably and cheaply.
New teacher training scholarships in chemistry led by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) have been announced today.
Applications are now open to allow schools to register for School Direct.
Edward Timpson responds to Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board’s review.
National, regional and local authority results for the year 1 phonics reading check and key stage 1 results are published today.
Edward Timpson, Children and Families Minister, speaks about the adoption statistics released today.
Detail of a 50% rise in the pupil premium.
Find out the results of tests in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school in summer 2012.
A consultation into how the process for assessing prospective adoptors and foster carers can be speeded up, and how the bureaucracy that currently makes the process more difficult can be removed.
Details about the recent opening of studio schools and university technical colleges in England.
Details about a significant increase in academies.
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