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From Department for Education (DfE)
  • More than 160,000 disabled children now enjoy short breaks

    The number of disabled children receiving short breaks more than doubled between April 2008 and March 2011, with increases in every area of the country. The findings are published today in a report by Together for Disabled C…

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

  • Nick Gibb congratulates GCSE students

    Congratulations from Nick Gibb to the GCSE students collecting their exam results today.

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

  • Department for Education confirms appointments to Ofsted’s Board

    Biographies of the new appointees to Ofsted's Board.

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

  • Statement on school absence statistics for Spring term 2011

    Schools Minister Nick Gibb's statement on absence in schools.

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

  • Nick Gibb welcomes today’s A level and AS results

    Gibb: Today we can all celebrate the success of the hundreds of thousands of students who have worked hard and are collecting their well earned results.

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

  • Key stage 2 test results published

    Nick Gibb: Improvement welcome – but more needs to be done.

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

  • National Citizen Service pilot: Tim Loughton meets young attendees

    Children's Minister Tim Loughton visits High Ashurst Education Centre in Dorking.

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

  • Government is acting to get children ready for school

    Recent reports that children are beginning school without knowing their own name highlight the help and support that young children need in the crucial early years of their life.

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

  • National projections for the number of pupils in schools

    Comment on the pupil projection figures published by the Department.

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

  • Nick Gibb comments on the English Baccalaureate

    Schools Minister Nick Gibb responds to the Education Select Committee's report on the English Baccalaureate.

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

  • School exclusion statistics for the academic year 2009 to 2010

    The Department has today published the annual school exclusion statistics for 2009/10.

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

  • Consultation on reforms to the teachers’ pension scheme

    The Department for Education launches a consultation on proposed changes to the contribution rate for employees in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.

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

  • Review of personal, social, health and economic education

    The Department has today launched its review of personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education, as outlined in the Schools White Paper.

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

  • Performance table reform and transparency will raise standards and end perverse incentives

    New focus on the highest quality qualifications and more information to be published in transparent school league tables.

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

  • Michael Gove announcement on education funding

    The Secretary of State sets out how the Government will ensure that education funding is better targeted in the future.

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

  • Key stage 2 review of testing, assessment and accountability: government response

    Michael Gove accepts all the recommendations of Lord Bew’s independent review of testing, assessment and accountability at the end of primary school.

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

  • Government sets out vision to support parents and families

    Children's Minister Sarah Teather's reforms to early years education.

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

  • Children's homes: government publishes new data

    Information on a new data pack published by the Department for Education on children's homes, to help local authorities.

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

  • Government response to Lord Bew key stage 2 review published

    Government’s response to the review and how the recommendations will be taken forward.

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

  • New standards raise the bar for teachers

    All teachers will be expected to meet new standards of competence and conduct from September 2012, following an independent review of the skills that teachers should possess.

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