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  • Education reform: new national curriculum for schools

    The Secretary of State for Education announces the publication of the national curriculum to be taught in England from September 2014.

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

  • Education reform: schools

    Education Secretary Michael Gove sets out plans for the national curriculum.

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

  • New grammar, punctuation and spelling test will raise children’s literacy standards

    Education Minister Elizabeth Truss said the rigorous new spelling, grammar and punctuation test would raise standards for all children.

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

  • Climate change in the draft National Curriculum

    Plans in the new National Curriculum to provide pupils with a better understanding of all climate issues, including climate change.

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

  • £150m Olympic legacy boost for primary school sport in England

    New funding to improve coaching for primary school pupils.

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

  • Package of primary school measures will raise ambition - and standards

    A new firm but fair primary school floor standard will drive up standards and prepare children for secondary school, Schools Minister David Laws announced today.

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

  • Primary schools’ test results released

    News on a bid to improve standards in primary schools.

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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 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

  • 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

  • £10 million literacy catch-up programme for disadvantaged pupils

    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.

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

  • New primary curriculum to bring higher standards in English, maths and science

    Details of changes to the primary national curriculum.

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

  • Every pupil needs a good mathematics education

    Mathematics: made to measure emphasises the importance for every pupil to have the best possible mathematics education.

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  • Ofsted Chief Inspector calls for rapid improvement in literacy

    Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, issues a national challenge to drive up stalled standards of literacy and English.

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  • ‘Harmful’ ICT curriculum set to be dropped to make way for rigorous computer science

    Gove announces the scrapping the existing ICT curriculum to introduce new courses of study in computer science.

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

  • Primary schools’ test results released

    The results of more than 16,000 schools’ key stage 2 tests – taken by 11-year-olds this May – were published today.

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

  • Use of calculators in primary schools to be reviewed

    Schools Minister Nick Gibb has said the use of calculators in primary schools would be looked at as part of the national curriculum review.

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

  • Gibb: thousands of children behind in the 3 Rs by age 7

    The Minister of State for schools comments on statistics which show that children are struggling in core subjects.

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

  • Standards and Testing Agency

    Schools Minister Nick Gibb announces that the Standards and Testing Agency will commence operating on Monday 3rd October.

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