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Munro: Child protection reforms welcomed but pace needs to be accelerated

Munro: Child protection reforms welcomed but pace needs to be accelerated

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Professor Eileen Munro: urgent cultural change in the child protection system now underway....

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Prime Minister announces support for families

Prime Minister announces support for families

Friday, 18 May 2012

Announcement about new support to help families, including parenting classes and relationship support....

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Tim Loughton at the Safe and Sound National Conference

Tim Loughton at the Safe and Sound National Conference

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Children's Minister Tim Loughton talks about tackling child sexual exploitation at the 5th Safe and Sound National conference at The British Library....

Tim Loughton addresses Community Care Live

Tim Loughton addresses Community Care Live

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

The Children's Minister speaks to social workers at the Community Care Live conference about the Government's progress in reforming child protection, ...

Reforming teachers’ pay: government sets out case

Reforming teachers’ pay: government sets out case

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Details on the case put by Michael Gove for reform of teachers' pay....

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Hundreds of employers bid for £250m skills training pilot

Hundreds of employers bid for £250m skills training pilot

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Information on the government's employer ownership pilot for investment in skills and training....

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Parents given power of veto on schools’ use of biometric information

Parents given power of veto on schools’ use of biometric information

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

New advice to schools will make clear that they will no longer be able to use pupils’ biometric data without parental consent. The advice, launched to...

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Special educational needs support: families to be given personal budgets

Special educational needs support: families to be given personal budgets

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Parents will have a new right to buy in specialist special educational needs (SEN) and disabled care for children from 2014, the biggest change to SEN...

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Adoption delays: scorecards show extent across England

Adoption delays: scorecards show extent across England

Friday, 11 May 2012

Details of official figures which show long waiting times for children moving from care into adoption....

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Education Secretary Michael Gove's speech to Brighton College

Education Secretary Michael Gove's speech to Brighton College

Thursday, 10 May 2012

Michael Gove speaks at Brighton College about the government's initiatives to address the educational attainment gap....

Ending the Ofsted annual children’s services assessment

Ending the Ofsted annual children’s services assessment

Thursday, 10 May 2012

If passed, new legislation will mean that local authority children’s services will no longer have to be assessed by Ofsted....

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Protecting children from commercialisation and sexualisation: next steps on Bailey review

Protecting children from commercialisation and sexualisation: next steps on Bailey review

Wednesday, 09 May 2012

Details of new measures to protect children from commercialisation and sexualisation in society....

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Children and Families Bill to give families support when they need it most

Children and Families Bill to give families support when they need it most

Wednesday, 09 May 2012

Information about how the Children and Families Bill will help parents, families and children and young people with SEN....

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Nick Gibb at the Diana Award

Nick Gibb at the Diana Award

Friday, 04 May 2012

Nick Gibb speaks at the Diana Award ceremony about bullying....

Media statement about the Priory Federation of Academies Trust

Media statement about the Priory Federation of Academies Trust

Friday, 27 April 2012

The Department for Education has made a statement on the Priory Federation of Academies Trust....

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Sarah Teather speaks to the Daycare Trust

Sarah Teather speaks to the Daycare Trust

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Sarah Teather, Children's Minister, addresses the Daycare Trust....

Opening speech by Lord Hill of Oareford on the second reading of the Academies Bill

Opening speech by Lord Hill of Oareford on the second reading of the Academies Bill

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Lord Hill of Oareford's speech to the House of Lords concerning the proposed greater freedoms and responsibilities afforded to schools and teachers by...

Michael Gove to the Education World Forum

Michael Gove to the Education World Forum

Thursday, 26 April 2012

The Education Secretary refers to the PISA survey of international education performance to outline how whole-system reform is needed to build a world...

Tim Loughton to the BETT Education Leaders’ Conference

Tim Loughton to the BETT Education Leaders’ Conference

Thursday, 26 April 2012

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families stresses the importance of technology in education at the BETT Education Leaders’...

Parents get the full facts about every secondary school

Parents get the full facts about every secondary school

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Parents can now see every secondary school in England's performance in each GCSE subject to help choose the right school for their children....

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England's 15 year olds' reading: over a year behind the world's best

England's 15 year olds' reading: over a year behind the world's best

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Research reveals that GCSE pupils' reading compares unfavourably with pupils in Shanghai, Korea and Finland....

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Tackling commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood: Prime Minister welcomes progress but says more must be done

Tackling commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood: Prime Minister welcomes progress but says more must be done

Thursday, 26 April 2012

The Prime Minister welcomes progress on tackling commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood but says more must be done...

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New statistics reveal more students are studying core academic subjects at secondary school

New statistics reveal more students are studying core academic subjects at secondary school

Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Notice about the increase in uptake of English Baccalaureate subjects at secondary level....

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SEN support staff: £500,000 scholarship scheme launched

SEN support staff: £500,000 scholarship scheme launched

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

News of training for talented teaching assistants and schools workers through the annual SEN support scholarship programme....

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Nick Gibb to the Grammar School Heads Association

Nick Gibb to the Grammar School Heads Association

Monday, 16 April 2012

The Schools Minister addresses the Grammar School Heads Association in London....

Primary school absence: government adviser calls for crackdown

Primary school absence: government adviser calls for crackdown

Monday, 16 April 2012

The government’s expert adviser on behaviour has called for a crackdown on primary school absence....

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Disruptive children: new rules restore headteachers’ power to exclude

Disruptive children: new rules restore headteachers’ power to exclude

Friday, 13 April 2012

Information about new rules to prevent excluded children returning to school against the headteacher's wishes....

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Fair funding for all schools

Fair funding for all schools

Friday, 13 April 2012

Headteachers today welcomed a 2-part government consultation seeking views on how school funding can be made fairer....

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Cafcass board members appointed

Cafcass board members appointed

Wednesday, 04 April 2012

Five appointments have been made to the board of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass). ...

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Letter from the education secretary on the publication of the Edlington serious case review

Letter from the education secretary on the publication of the Edlington serious case review

Thursday, 29 March 2012

Michael Gove explains that a further review is needed in addition to the 'J' children, Edlington overview report....

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