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  • Free schools: 55 to open this month – twice as many as this time last year

    Fifty-five new free schools will open in September 2012. They will raise standards and increase choice for parents.

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

  • Tim Loughton writes to 'The Guardian' about school playing fields

    Tim Loughton writes to 'The Guardian' on 9 August 2012 in response to an article about the sale of school playing fields.

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

  • The Department comments on school sport target

    The Department for Education has issued a statement on removing the duty on schools to report whether they met the two-hour-a-week school sport target.

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

  • School playing fields: Freedom of Information request

    Details of figures released by the Department for Education on the sale of school playing fields.

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

  • Michael Gove letter to 'The Independent'

    Michael Gove responds to an article in 'The Independent' suggesting that the Department of Education has been racist and sexist in its decision not to approve the Diaspora Free School application.

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

  • Academies to have same freedom as free schools over teachers

    Details of a change to the funding agreement used by schools converting to academy status.

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

  • Big business backs new studio schools

    Education Secretary Michael Gove today announced he had approved the opening of 15 new studio schools - backed by big employers including Hilton Hotels, Michelin and Aston Villa Football Club.

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

  • Weak primary schools in Lancashire to become academies

    Dr Liz Sidwell encourages poorly performing primary schools to become academies.

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

  • Michael Gove on FASNA's first twenty years

    Secretary of State Michael Gove speaks at the FASNA (Freedom and Autonomy for Schools National Association) conference, July 2012.

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

  • Improving school food

    Announcement that the co-founders of the LEON restaurant chain are to build an action plan for school food.

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

  • More cadets for our communities

    Details of a £10.85 million boost to aid in the recruitment of cadets.

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

  • Parents given power of veto on schools’ use of biometric information

    New advice to schools will make clear that they will no longer be able to use pupils’ biometric data without parental consent. The advice, launched today for consultation, comes into effect from September 2013.

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

  • Nick Gibb to the Grammar School Heads Association

    The Schools Minister addresses the Grammar School Heads Association in London.

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

  • Academy freedoms for pupil referral units

    Charlie Taylor: Academy freedoms for pupil referral units will help fix the flawed system that is failing vulnerable children.

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

  • Free school groups set to apply for 2013

    Groups that want to open mainstream, special and alternative provision free schools in September 2013 can submit their detailed plans to the Department from today.

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

  • Partnerships for Schools Board member appointments extended until closure

    Education Secretary Michael Gove has extended the appointments for three Board Members of the Government’s delivery agency, Partnerships for Schools.

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

  • New powers for schools to beat the takeaways

    Schools will now be able to take on the takeaways with special meal deals to boost uptake of school lunches and tackle obesity.

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

  • Written ministerial statement by Michael Gove on industrial action 30 November 2011

    The Education Secretary announces the number of school closures due to industrial action.

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

  • First special and alternative provision free schools given the green light

    The first ever special and alternative provision free schools have been approved to open from September 2012.

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

  • Consultation on local authority land transfer

    The DfE has launched a consultation on regulations enabling local authority land to be transferred more quickly when a maintained school becomes an academy.

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