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From The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss
  • Elizabeth Truss speaks at the Policy Exchange on childcare

    Elizabeth Truss sets out the reforms to childcare published in the paper 'More great childcare'.

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

  • Parents to have more choice of high-quality childcare

    Information on the government initiatives to improve state-funded childcare set out in the report ‘More great childcare’.

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

  • Education Minister Elizabeth Truss speaks at the North of England Education Conference

    Elizabeth Truss focuses on the importance of maths education at the North of England Education Conference on 17 January 2013.

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

  • Education Minister Elizabeth Truss gives speech on international evidence

    Education Minister Elizabeth Truss gives an international evidence speech following today's publication of the PIRLS and TIMSS test results.

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

  • International tests results published

    The results for English pupils taking part in a major international educational test show marks down in science, up in English, and plateauing in maths.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss speech to the Daycare Trust conference

    A speech given by Elizabeth Truss at the Daycare Trust conference on 4 December 2012.

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

  • Top providers urged to get ready for two-year-old education offer

    Local authority allocations to deliver 15 hours a week early education for 130,000 two-year-olds have been published.

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

  • Overwhelming support for foreign languages plan

    News on the reaction to the Department for Education’s proposal to make foreign languages compulsory for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss is interviewed by Nursery World magazine

    Extracts from Nursery World’s interview with Elizabeth Truss, Minister for Education and Childcare.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss calls for a renaissance in maths

    The Education Minister calls for a renaissance in maths to help meet the demand of UK employers, and announces the removal of calculators from key stage 2 tests.

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

  • Government bans calculators in tests for 11-year-olds

    On 9 November 2012, Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss announced that calculators would be banned in maths tests for 11-year-olds from 2014.

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

  • Twice as many students now taking key academic subjects thanks to the EBacc

    Information on the success of the English Baccalaureate.

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

  • Phonics reading check and key stage 1 results published

    National, regional and local authority results for the year 1 phonics reading check and key stage 1 results are published today.

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

  • Key stage 2 test results published

    Find out the results of tests in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school in summer 2012.

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