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  • 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

  • Radical new approach to defuse 'ticking time bomb' of NEETs

    Nick Clegg unveils a new scheme to get 16- and 17-year-olds earning or learning again.

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

  • Letter about teachers' pay from the Education Secretary to the School Teachers' Reform Body

    Michael Gove asks Dame Patricia Hodgson to make recommendations on how teacher pay schemes might be made more flexible to improve performance.

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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

  • New data shows that pupils miss out on core academic subjects

    Thousands of pupils are missing out on the opportunity to study the core academic subjects, new figures reveal today.

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

  • High expectation, no excuses

    Delivering his first speech since becoming Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw launched detailed proposals for changes to inspection.

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  • Prime Minister: We'll make apprenticeships a gold standard option for ambitious young people

    New round of Government funding to support thousands of apprenticeships up to degree equivalent.

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

  • Nick Gibb on reading: greater expectations

    Nick Gibb at Stockwell Park High School speaking about reading on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens.

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

  • New national reading competition to create a generation of book lovers

    Schools Minister Nick Gibb announces a new reading competition designed to inspire children to become voracious readers and boost literacy standards.

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

  • PM: We'll make apprenticeships a gold standard option for ambitious young people

    £6m Higher Apprenticeship Fund will deliver thousands more degree level places

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

  • National Apprenticeship Week

    During National Apprenticeship Week Ofsted highlights examples of best practice

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  • Cable launches biggest ever Apprenticeship Week

    The week is on track to be the biggest Apprenticeship Week to-date, with over 500 events across the country celebrating the countless achievements…

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

  • Government appoints new Chair of the School Teachers’ Review Body

    Dame Patricia Hodgson DBE has been appointed to serve as Chair of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) from 1 February 2012 for three years.

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

  • Performance tables: only the highest quality qualifications to be included

    Announcement that qualifications counting in performance pables will be reduced from 3,175 to 125.

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

  • Statistics confirm substantial growth in apprenticeship starts and completions.

    The Statistical First Release gives data on apprenticeship success rates for 2010/11 for the first time: 76.4% of learners successfully completed…

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

  • New data reveals the truth about school performance

    Press notice setting out the secondary school performance tables for GCSE and A level exams.

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

  • Changes to independent school inspection

    Ofsted today (24 January 2012) launched a consultation for its inspection of all ‘non-association’ independent schools in England.

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  • 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

  • Nick Gibb responds to the 'TES' on teacher misconduct

    Schools Minister Nick Gibb writes to the 'Times Educational Supplement' about teacher misconduct.

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

  • Phonics funding: thousands of schools sign up

    Thousands of primary schools have already signed up to spend more than £7.7 million on new phonics products and training to drive up their pupils’ standards of reading, new Department for Education figures show today.

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