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From Department for Education (DfE)
  • Michael Gove announces review of key stage 2 testing

    The Education Secretary appoints Lord Bew to review assessment and accountability procedures.

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

  • Lord Bew appointed to chair external review of testing

    Education Secretary Michael Gove appoints the cross-bench peer to chair a review of key stage 2 testing, assessment and accountability.

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

  • New All-Age Careers Service

    Good afternoon everyone. For anyone who feels as passionately as I do about the value of practical skills, it’s a pleasure to be here in…

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

  • US Education Secretary Arne Duncan visits Education Secretary Michael Gove

    The US and UK education secretaries meet to exchange ideas, particularly with regard to raising the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.

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

  • Education Secretary commits £110m to weakest schools

    Michael Gove announces a new endowment fund for education, designed to make schools and local authorities compete to help the poorest pupils.

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

  • New endowment fund to turn around weakest schools and raise standards for disadvantaged pupils

    Education Secretary Michael Gove commits £110 million to an education endowment designed to raise standards in the weakest schools.

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

  • Tim Loughton: ethnicity shouldn’t be a barrier to adoption

    The Children’s Minister calls for local authorities to improve the process for interracial adoption and announces the establishment of a new advisory group on adoption.

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

  • Children's Minister calls for reduced delays in adoption process

    Tim Loughton asks local authorities to make better use of voluntary adoption agencies and reduce delays in adoption.

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

  • Michael Gove responds to Chief Schools Adjudicator report

    The Education Secretary addresses a number of the issues raised in the annual report.

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

  • Written ministerial statement by Michael Gove on the abolition of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB)

    Michael Gove's statement about the decision to close the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB).

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

  • Fees for intercountry adoption services announced

    Details of the fee for intercountry adoption services, which is to be implemented as of 1 April 2011.

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

  • "The craft so long to lerne": Skills and their Place in Modern Britain

    Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for coming. The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce, is probably the…

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

  • Peter Connelly Serious Case Review reports published

    Children's minister Tim Loughton comments on the publication of the two serious case review (SCR) reports into the death of Peter Connelly.

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

  • Nick Gibb comments on provisional GCSE and A level results

    Read the Schools Minister's comments and access the provisional results.

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

  • Specialist schools programme: Michael Gove announces changes

    Michael Gove writes to Elizabeth Reid to announce the department's intention to mainstream specialist school funding and remove the need for schools to designate or redesignate as specialist.

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

  • Refocusing sport in schools to build a lasting legacy of the 2012 games

    Michael Gove writes to Baroness Sue Campbell to announce the end of the PE and sports strategy.

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

  • Revised play capital allocations for local authorities

    Read Michael Gove's letter to local authorities confirming revised allocations for play capital funding.

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

  • Department for Education spending review

    A description of how budgets for the Department for Education will be affected by the spending review.

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

  • Pupil absence figures for autumn 2009 and spring 2010

    Schools Minister Nick Gibb welcomes the overall decrease in school absence rates and announces the Government's commitment to tackling underlying causes of absenteeism.

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

  • Careers profession task force report: Towards a strong careers profession

    Publication of the careers profession task force report is welcomed by Dame Ruth Silver, chair, and John Hayes, Further Education Minister.

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