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From Secretary of State for Education
  • Michael Gove responds to the Daily Telegraph investigation

    Education Secretary Michael Gove: Our exams system needs fundamental reform.

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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

  • Michael Gove on public sector pension reforms

    The Secretary of State's speech at Policy Exchange on pension reforms.

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

  • Michael Gove to Cambridge University

    The Secretary of State's speech to Cambridge University on a liberal education.

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

  • Government launches its first national plan for music education

    The first ever national plan for music education – “The Importance of Music” – will enable every child to have the chance to learn to play a musical instrument for at least a term and ideally for a year by transforming the w…

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

  • Michael Gove: improving the standard of education in England

    Education Secretary Michael Gove speech to the Ofqual Standards Summit.

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

  • Michael Gove to Twyford Church of England High School

    The Education Secretary launches the National Curriculum Review at a flagship west London comprehensive school.

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

  • Michael Gove speaks to the London Early Years Foundation about the importance of early years

    The Secretary of State talks about the importance of early years education.

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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

  • 150 pages of unduly complex guidance slashed to just 8

    Teachers must no longer be discouraged from taking children on school trips because of misplaced health and safety concerns.

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

  • Physics teachers: 100 new scholarships a year to attract top graduates

    100 new scholarships a year will raise standards by attracting top graduates to become physics teachers.

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

  • Michael Gove article in the 'Daily Mail' on adoption

    Michael Gove describes his experience of being adopted in an article in the 'Daily Mail'.

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

  • Michael Gove article in 'The Sun' on adoption

    Michael Gove writing in 'The Sun': "Every child deserves a loving home. Yet for too many this fundamental right is just a dream."

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

  • Statement by Michael Gove on the allocation of extra £500 million to address the shortage in pupil places

    Written ministerial statement by Education Secretary Michael Gove on the allocation of extra £500 million to address the shortage in pupil places, and the launch of the consultation on school premises regulations.

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

  • Michael Gove letter to Graham Stuart

    The Secretary of State has written to Graham Stuart, chairman of the Education Select Committee.

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

  • Sir David Bell

    Sir David Bell will be leaving the Department for Education at the end of the year to take up post as Vice Chancellor of the University of Reading.

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

  • New Chief Inspector to be appointed

    Sir Michael Wilshaw is the Secretary of State's preferred choice for the post of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector.

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

  • 79 new schools now approved to open from 2012 onwards

    Gove: “Free School and UTC pioneers are leading a revolution in the education system – this is vital for our economic growth.”

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

  • Mossbourne to open new academy in Hackney

    The highly successful Mossbourne Academy is to open a brand new academy in Hackney.

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

  • More than one million children now taught in academies

    Nearly 1.2 million children in England now attend academies – schools with the freedom to meet the needs of their pupils, rather than answering to local or national politicians and bureaucrats.

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