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From Secretary of State for Education
  • International curriculums: ‘could do better’ analysis published

    Michael Gove comments on an analysis of international curriculums and the lessons we can learn in reforming the national curriculum.

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

  • Gove announces expansion of academies programme

    Eligibility for academy status to be opened up to benefit all schools.

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

  • New leadership for children in need

    Gove: We will recruit more great heads to turn round weaker schools, and extend the academy model so strong schools can help weaker schools.

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

  • Free childcare for disadvantaged 2-year-olds to be guaranteed in law

    Children's Minister Sarah Teather outlines the first steps in the government's reform of early years education.

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

  • Government announces end of complex school financial reporting tool

    Education Secretary Michael Gove announces the end of the Financial Management Standard in Schools (FMSiS).

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

  • Young people to be offered lessons in Mandarin

    New partnership between China and UK to see 1,000 new Mandarin teachers trained for secondary schools in England.

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

  • Michael Gove announces review of key stage 2 testing

    The Education Secretary appoints Lord Bew to review assessment and accountability procedures.

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

  • Lord Bew appointed to chair external review of testing

    Education Secretary Michael Gove appoints the cross-bench peer to chair a review of key stage 2 testing, assessment and accountability.

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

  • US Education Secretary Arne Duncan visits Education Secretary Michael Gove

    The US and UK education secretaries meet to exchange ideas, particularly with regard to raising the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.

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

  • Education Secretary commits £110m to weakest schools

    Michael Gove announces a new endowment fund for education, designed to make schools and local authorities compete to help the poorest pupils.

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

  • New endowment fund to turn around weakest schools and raise standards for disadvantaged pupils

    Education Secretary Michael Gove commits £110 million to an education endowment designed to raise standards in the weakest schools.

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

  • Michael Gove responds to Chief Schools Adjudicator report

    The Education Secretary addresses a number of the issues raised in the annual report.

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

  • Written ministerial statement by Michael Gove on the abolition of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB)

    Michael Gove's statement about the decision to close the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB).

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

  • Peter Connelly Serious Case Review reports published

    Children's minister Tim Loughton comments on the publication of the two serious case review (SCR) reports into the death of Peter Connelly.

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

  • Specialist schools programme: Michael Gove announces changes

    Michael Gove writes to Elizabeth Reid to announce the department's intention to mainstream specialist school funding and remove the need for schools to designate or redesignate as specialist.

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

  • Refocusing sport in schools to build a lasting legacy of the 2012 games

    Michael Gove writes to Baroness Sue Campbell to announce the end of the PE and sports strategy.

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

  • Revised play capital allocations for local authorities

    Read Michael Gove's letter to local authorities confirming revised allocations for play capital funding.

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

  • Department for Education spending review

    A description of how budgets for the Department for Education will be affected by the spending review.

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

  • DfE to close arm's length bodies to improve accountability

    A breakdown of the Department for Education's (DfE) plan for its arm's length public bodies, including details of those that are to close in an effort to increase accountability, transparency and efficiency.

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

  • Statement on national curriculum tests

    The Department welcomes the decision by the National Association of Head Teachers following a letter from Michael Gove to the General Secretary outlining plans for a review of national curriculum tests.

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