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Boost for national mission to improve early literacy and language

Boost for national mission to improve early literacy and language

Tuesday, 29 January 2019

Children and Families Minister appoints new expert panel as new businesses join roundtable discussion to support early learning skills...

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Education Secretary opens the Bett Show 2019

Education Secretary opens the Bett Show 2019

Tuesday, 29 January 2019

Education Secretary, Damian Hinds, spoke at the opening of the Bett Show, discussing how advances in technology can be harnessed effectively in educat...

New schemes to help care leavers access education and employment

New schemes to help care leavers access education and employment

Monday, 28 January 2019

Education Secretary welcomes innovative approaches being trialled to reduce the number of care leavers ‘Not in Education, Employment or Training’ ...

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New national strategy unveiled to boost teacher numbers

New national strategy unveiled to boost teacher numbers

Monday, 28 January 2019

Education Secretary Damian Hinds sets out measures to support talented teachers, recruit more and reduce workload...

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Shanghai maths exchange shows power of international partnership

Shanghai maths exchange shows power of international partnership

Friday, 25 January 2019

As the world’s education leaders gather in London, a Shanghai - England teacher exchange shows the power of international collaboration....

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Education generates billions for UK economy

Education generates billions for UK economy

Thursday, 24 January 2019

The latest figures show that education generated almost £20bn for the UK in 2016 through exports such as international students and English language t...

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Standards continue to rise in England’s schools

Standards continue to rise in England’s schools

Thursday, 24 January 2019

New data shows rising standards in secondary schools with disadvantaged pupils in multi-academy trusts making more progress than the equivalent nation...

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Damian Hinds: School leaders should ditch email culture to cut workload

Damian Hinds: School leaders should ditch email culture to cut workload

Wednesday, 23 January 2019

Education Secretary calls for the technology industry and educators to work in partnership to transform education, cut workload and improve pupil outc...

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Education Secretary calls on more schools to become an academy

Education Secretary calls on more schools to become an academy

Wednesday, 23 January 2019

Following landmark reforms in 2010, new figures show more than 50% of pupils in state-funded schools in England are now studying in an academy or free...

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Secretary of State opens Education World Forum 2019

Secretary of State opens Education World Forum 2019

Monday, 21 January 2019

Damian Hinds spoke at the opening of the Education World Forum, discussing the modern challenges and successes of education across the world....

£2.5 million to boost international exchanges for schools

£2.5 million to boost international exchanges for schools

Saturday, 19 January 2019

Funding will ensure more disadvantaged pupils can experience other cultures...

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Review of UK university rating system launched

Review of UK university rating system launched

Friday, 18 January 2019

A call for views opens today to hear from the universities sector on how the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework can be maximised. ...

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Call for universities to improve support for disabled students

Call for universities to improve support for disabled students

Thursday, 17 January 2019

Chris Skidmore wants universities to do as much as they can to support this underrepresented group...

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Annual report: Chief Schools Adjudicator for England 2017 to 2018

Annual report: Chief Schools Adjudicator for England 2017 to 2018

Thursday, 17 January 2019

Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) annual report for September 2017 to August 2018....

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New Apprenticeship Campaign 'Fire It Up' launches

New Apprenticeship Campaign 'Fire It Up' launches

Thursday, 17 January 2019

Education Secretary hails coming of age apprenticeship programme with top firms having woken up to the benefits apprentices are bringing to their work...

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Further Education providers invited to deliver new T Levels

Further Education providers invited to deliver new T Levels

Wednesday, 16 January 2019

Seven new T Levels including Health, Onsite Construction and Building Services Engineering will be taught from 2021....

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New site to help schools save thousands on recruitment costs

New site to help schools save thousands on recruitment costs

Tuesday, 15 January 2019

Education Secretary launches online tool for headteachers to avoid high supply agency fees...

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Government backs young musicians

Government backs young musicians

Friday, 11 January 2019

Expert panel to devise model music curriculum to help schools deliver world-class teaching and £1.3million funding boost for successful music educatio...

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New free schools to benefit children with additional needs

New free schools to benefit children with additional needs

Thursday, 10 January 2019

Pupils with complex needs to benefit from more than 120 new school places...

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New centre for excellence to boost modern foreign language skills

New centre for excellence to boost modern foreign language skills

Thursday, 10 January 2019

New centre for excellence at the University of York, backed by £4.8m, will coordinate the work of nine MFL hub schools to encourage uptake across the ...

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International Textbook Summit

International Textbook Summit

Thursday, 10 January 2019

Education experts from around the world meet at first Textbook Summit....

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Funding announced to train 900 new children’s social workers

Funding announced to train 900 new children’s social workers

Tuesday, 08 January 2019

£45million to boost the number of trainees on the Frontline programme...

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Damian Hinds: Learning life saving skills in school is crucial

Damian Hinds: Learning life saving skills in school is crucial

Thursday, 03 January 2019

Education Secretary stresses importance of basic life-saving skills and first aid – under plans for health education to become compulsory in all schoo...

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Activity ‘passport’ to inspire schoolchildren and boost resilience

Activity ‘passport’ to inspire schoolchildren and boost resilience

Saturday, 29 December 2018

'Passport' of activities launched to enrich children's experiences and skills, backed by the Scouts, Girlguiding and National Trust....

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New Year’s Honours List 2019

New Year’s Honours List 2019

Friday, 28 December 2018

A total of 86 people have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to education, children’s services, and improving social mobility in the ...

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Schools challenged to go single use plastic free by 2022

Schools challenged to go single use plastic free by 2022

Thursday, 27 December 2018

Schools are being urged to stop using single-use plastic items and consider environmentally-friendly alternatives. ...

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Thousands more families to benefit from the Adoption Support Fund

Thousands more families to benefit from the Adoption Support Fund

Sunday, 23 December 2018

£12million boost to support adoptive families bringing total investment to almost £150million since it was first introduced...

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Extra support for disadvantaged children during school holidays

Extra support for disadvantaged children during school holidays

Friday, 21 December 2018

Government launches multi-million pound fund to help thousands more low-income families...

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Government and top sports bodies to help children play more sport

Government and top sports bodies to help children play more sport

Wednesday, 19 December 2018

Education Secretary Damian Hinds calls on leading sporting bodies to work with schools and help more children play competitive sport...

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Winners announced for new student apps

Winners announced for new student apps

Wednesday, 19 December 2018

Universities Minister Chris Skidmore has announced the two winners of the Higher Education Open Data competition to create new digital tools for stude...

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