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Education Secretary marks Mental Health Awareness Week in Hastings

Education Secretary marks Mental Health Awareness Week in Hastings

Friday, 18 May 2018

Damian Hinds visited Sussex Coast College in Hastings to learn about the mental health support services available through the Opportunity Area program...

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New support for young care leavers starting an apprenticeship

New support for young care leavers starting an apprenticeship

Thursday, 17 May 2018

Care leavers who choose to start an apprenticeship will receive a £1000 bursary to help the transition into the workplace. ...

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Strengthened guidance for schools and colleges on safeguarding

Strengthened guidance for schools and colleges on safeguarding

Thursday, 17 May 2018

New guidance for schools and colleges on how to keep children safe, including advice on how to support young victims of sexual violence and harassment...

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Schools to get expert advice from leading business advisers

Schools to get expert advice from leading business advisers

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

School Systems Minister Lord Agnew announces expert business advice for schools to help them make every penny of education funding count. ...

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Boost for maths education in the North for National Numeracy Day

Boost for maths education in the North for National Numeracy Day

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

£6 million boost to improve maths literacy in the Northern Powerhouse....

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New gold standard GCSEs prepare pupils for careers Britain needs

New gold standard GCSEs prepare pupils for careers Britain needs

Monday, 14 May 2018

Pupils across the country prepare to take new GCSE exams this week....

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Drive to create more good school places for families

Drive to create more good school places for families

Thursday, 10 May 2018

Education Secretary unveils measures to provide more choice and raise standards for children from all backgrounds....

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Boost in support for children with additional needs

Boost in support for children with additional needs

Thursday, 10 May 2018

New contracts announced to improve training for school staff and provide additional advice for families...

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Nick Gibb speech at launch of Midland Knowledge Hub

Nick Gibb speech at launch of Midland Knowledge Hub

Thursday, 10 May 2018

School Minister Nick Gibb marks another milestone in the drive to ensure children from all backgrounds reach their potential...

Schools Minister announces boost to computer science teaching

Schools Minister announces boost to computer science teaching

Saturday, 05 May 2018

Measures to give teachers the support they need to teach pupils skills such as coding, computer programming and cyber security announced today ...

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Education Secretary to set out vision for

Education Secretary to set out vision for "clearer" school system

Thursday, 03 May 2018

Damian Hinds to overhaul “confusing” system of school accountability to give teachers more freedom and to boost development opportunities for new teac...

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Sam Gyimah hosts free speech summit

Sam Gyimah hosts free speech summit

Wednesday, 02 May 2018

Universities minister calls on higher education leaders to work together to create new guidance on free speech...

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Multi million fund to boost children's early language skills

Multi million fund to boost children's early language skills

Sunday, 29 April 2018

Families to receive extra support to help with children's early language and communication skills at home...

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Fund for bright disadvantaged pupils launched

Fund for bright disadvantaged pupils launched

Friday, 27 April 2018

Funding to raise education standards among bright disadvantaged young people....

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New National Schools Commissioner to help raise standards

New National Schools Commissioner to help raise standards

Friday, 27 April 2018

A new National Schools Commissioner is to be appointed following the excellent work of Sir David Carter, who is to retire from the civil service. ...

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Funding boost for cross Commonwealth scholarship fund

Funding boost for cross Commonwealth scholarship fund

Friday, 20 April 2018

£5 million UK contribution to Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarship fund. ...

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Help for nursing students affected by loan overpayments

Help for nursing students affected by loan overpayments

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Government outlines financial support to student nurses to ensure they are not disadvantaged...

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Social work and the Commonwealth

Social work and the Commonwealth

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Children and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi spoke at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting event hosted by the British Association of Social W...

National primary offer day

National primary offer day

Monday, 16 April 2018

Primary school places confirmed for thousands of pupils as education standards continue to rise....

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New measure for fairer recording of primary school performance

New measure for fairer recording of primary school performance

Wednesday, 11 April 2018

School Standards Minister names preferred provider to deliver Reception Baseline Assessment....

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Measures to deliver quality education across all settings

Measures to deliver quality education across all settings

Tuesday, 10 April 2018

A package of measures to help make sure children receive the best possible education either at home or outside of school have been announced today (10...

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Funding boost for the arts to support talented pupils

Funding boost for the arts to support talented pupils

Monday, 09 April 2018

School Standards Minister Nick Gibb announces £96 million to support talented music, drama and dance pupils kick-start their career in the arts....

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600,000 graduates to benefit from financial milestone

600,000 graduates to benefit from financial milestone

Friday, 06 April 2018

Biggest change to student finance since 2012 will see repayment threshold rise to £25,000 per year....

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Minister visits projects supporting children's services in Leeds

Minister visits projects supporting children's services in Leeds

Tuesday, 03 April 2018

Children's Minister met staff at Leeds City Council to hear about improvement work in children's social care...

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Funding boost to improve and expand school buildings

Funding boost to improve and expand school buildings

Thursday, 29 March 2018

Over £500 million will improve and expand school buildings across the country and create more good school places. ...

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New measures to support children with SEND

New measures to support children with SEND

Thursday, 29 March 2018

A range of measures are being launched to provide support for children with special educational needs and disabilities. ...

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Multi million pound fund for adult learning announced

Multi million pound fund for adult learning announced

Thursday, 29 March 2018

£11.7million announced for 32 new projects to help adults learn new skills...

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Boost to support disadvantaged families during the holidays

Boost to support disadvantaged families during the holidays

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Organisations invited to apply for share of £2 million funding to run enrichment programmes during the school holidays. ...

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Skills Minister calls on employers to join new T Level panels

Skills Minister calls on employers to join new T Level panels

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Businesses given the opportunity to play a central role in designing new technical qualifications...

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Ilford pupil celebrated in international short story competition

Ilford pupil celebrated in international short story competition

Monday, 26 March 2018

Ilford pupil wins third place out of 1,600 entries from across the Commonwealth in short story competition. ...

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