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Focused school inspections are taking place to tackle local area under-performance.
New framework for non-association independent schools in England will raise expectations for further improvement.
David Laws speech at the Local Government Association (LGA) education conference.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
News on a bid to improve standards in primary schools.
Education Minister Elizabeth Truss gives an international evidence speech following today's publication of the PIRLS and TIMSS test results.
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.
Education Secretary Michael Gove speaks at the Independent Academies Association.
New report shows the gap between educational achievement of children in care and their peers continues to widen.
Information on the success of the English Baccalaureate.
Ofsted produces 3 reports to help schools improve to be at least ‘good’ and ensure that all pupils achieve to the best of their ability.
From today all schools inspected by Ofsted must, at a minimum, be judged as ‘good’ to be good enough for our children.
A comment from the Education Secretary on A levels.
Information about the repeal of the duty on Ofsted to conduct an annual Children’s Services Assessment of each local authority in England.
Schools Minister Nick Gibb speaks at the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME) annual conference.
Speech given by Michael Gove at the Spectator Conference June 2012.
The review will focus on the issues facing deprived communities and will aim to provide new solutions to long standing problems.
Ofsted changes inspections of schools, further education and skills, and initial teacher education.
The Education Secretary refers to the PISA survey of international education performance to outline how whole-system reform is needed to build a world-class education system.
Following the publication of the PISA report, the Education Secretary wrote an article for the 'Times Educational Supplement' on the need for educational reform.
Parents can now see every secondary school in England's performance in each GCSE subject to help choose the right school for their children.
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