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From Department for Education (DfE)
  • More cadets for our communities

    Details of a £10.85 million boost to aid in the recruitment of cadets.

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

  • Parents overwhelmingly satisfied with free early education

    Statistics published by the Department for Education show that parents are overwhelmingly satisfied with free early education.

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

  • Helping young people with special needs into work through new supported internships

    Supported internships are being trialled at 14 colleges around England for young people who have learning difficulties or disabilities.

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

  • Parents asked if adult websites should be blocked

    Parents and businesses are being asked whether automatic online blocks should be introduced to protect children from adult and harmful websites, in a discussion paper published today by ministers.

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

  • How are the children? Achievement for all in the 21st Century

    Speech given by Michael Gove at the Spectator Conference June 2012.

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

  • Alternative provision improvements: progress report

    Charlie Taylor writes to Michael Gove about improvements made to alternative provision.

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

  • Alan Milburn and Neil O’Brien set to lead the drive to improve social mobility and reduce child poverty

    Alan Milburn has emerged as the preferred candidate to be Chair of the independent Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.

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

  • New survey shows school behaviour improvement but with more to do

    A new survey published today reveals that teachers are feeling more positive about the standard of pupils' behaviour in schools.

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

  • Professor Cathy Nutbrown speaks at the Early Years Conference

    Professor Nutbrown shares her recommendations on education for the very young.

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

  • Qualifications are key to high-quality early years education

    Professor Cathy Nutbrown deliver the final report in her review of early-years education.

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

  • All Party Parliamentary inquiry report into children missing from care: government response

    The Department's statement responding to the All Party Parliamentary report on runaway children in care.

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

  • Teaching Agency Chief Executive appointed

    Outstanding headteacher Charlie Taylor was today appointed as the first permanent Chief Executive of the new Teaching Agency.

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

  • Cafcass board members announcement

    Honor Rhodes OBE has been appointed to serve as a member of the Cafcass Board from 15 June 2012 for three years. Professor Ian Butler has also been re-appointed for a second term from 01 May 2012.

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

  • Children's Minister Tim Loughton writes to The Times

    Children's Minister Tim Loughton has today written to The Times on shared parenting.

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

  • Social Work Reform Board progress report published today

    Findings in a new report suggest that social workers are more confident and more focused on improving outcomes for the most vulnerable.

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

  • Michael Gove at the National College annual conference

    The Education Secretary speaks about the department's new policies aimed at recruiting and training the next generation of teachers.

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

  • New school-led teacher training programme announced

    Details of new plans to improve teacher training.

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

  • Tripling number of top graduates recruited through Teach First

    The government is supporting Teach First’s goal to train 1,500 participants in 2014 to 2015, triple the number who took part in their leadership programme in 2010.

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

  • Proposals to enable children to see both their parents are launched

    Plans to strengthen the law so children continue to see both parents if they separate have been put forward by ministers today.

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

  • Bureaucracy axed to put vulnerable children first

    Plans for the overhaul of the child protection system, axing hundreds of pages of manuals and replacing them with precise guidance.

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