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Nick Clegg announces free school lunch for every child in state-funded infant school and disadvantaged students in further education.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
20% of 2-year-olds from some of the poorest families are now eligible for free childcare – this number will double next year.
Extra £400 for every child on the Pupil Premium in primary schools, and parents to get more information on how their child is doing.
The government announces plans for higher standards and a bigger pupil premium for primary schools.
Headteachers and deputy heads from schools across the UK came to Admiralty House, London, today to receive Pupil Premium Awards.
The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has written to schools selected as regional winners of the pupil premium.
Government responds to the Richard Review
News on who has been appointed to help improve social mobility and reduce child poverty in the UK.
Local authority allocations to deliver 15 hours a week early education for 130,000 two-year-olds have been published.
Young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs) stand to benefit from a new scheme.
Parents, early years professionals and others with an interest in childcare are today being urged to come forward with their ideas to help improve the accessibility and affordability of childcare.
Projects to be set up across England to help disadvantaged pupils who are below the expected level of English by the end of primary school.
Statistics published by the Department for Education show that parents are overwhelmingly satisfied with free early education.
Alan Milburn has emerged as the preferred candidate to be Chair of the independent Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.
Plans to strengthen the law so children continue to see both parents if they separate have been put forward by ministers today.
Nick Clegg announces a shake-up in the way free early education is delivered.
New fund launched to help disadvantaged children make the transition into secondary school.
Free early education will be extended to 140,000 disadvantaged two-year-olds, and parents will be able to access the free entitlement more flexibly, under plans published by the Government today.
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