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  • Sarah Teather responds to claims about LA funding for children's centres

    Children's Minister Sarah Teather responds to claims about local authority (LA) funding for children's centres.

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

  • Association of Colleges annual conference

    Thank you Kirsty [Wark] and good afternoon everyone. WB Yeats said that education was “not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a …

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

  • Gove announces expansion of academies programme

    Eligibility for academy status to be opened up to benefit all schools.

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

  • New leadership for children in need

    Gove: We will recruit more great heads to turn round weaker schools, and extend the academy model so strong schools can help weaker schools.

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

  • Free childcare for disadvantaged 2-year-olds to be guaranteed in law

    Children's Minister Sarah Teather outlines the first steps in the government's reform of early years education.

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

  • The Department for Education comments on education funding

    A response to media reports about an education national funding formula and the forthcoming education white paper.

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

  • Government announces end of complex school financial reporting tool

    Education Secretary Michael Gove announces the end of the Financial Management Standard in Schools (FMSiS).

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

  • Schools Minister calls for action against school bullies

    Nick Gibb: Too many children suffer the misery of being bullied on a daily basis.

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

  • Nick Gibb calls for more focus on primary school reading and writing

    The Schools Minister comments on the most recent statistics for key stage 1 attainment by pupil characteristics.

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

  • Tim Loughton responds to 'Daily Telegraph' story on the Big Society

    The Children's Minister writes in response to the Daily Telegraph article, 'Minister: What is the Big Society? Is it Anne Widdecombe?'.

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

  • Young people to be offered lessons in Mandarin

    New partnership between China and UK to see 1,000 new Mandarin teachers trained for secondary schools in England.

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

  • School governors encouraged to consider academy freedoms

    Schools Minister Lord Hill praises school governors as he sets out plans to strengthen their role.

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

  • 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