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From Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education and Childcare
  • St David's day celebration trumpets record lamb exports and 376 million daffodil bulbs shipped around the world

    Welsh lamb food export successes celebrated on St David's day

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

  • New primary school tests will help eradicate illiteracy and innumeracy

    Sample questions for the tests taken by 7-year-olds and 11-year-olds show the higher standards expected for reading, writing and arithmetic.

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

  • Post-16 maths in England

    Elizabeth Truss speaks at the Core Maths Support Programme launch workshop about post-16 maths.

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

  • Network of 32 maths hubs across England aims to raise standards

    Minister Truss states there's no reason why children in England cannot reach same level as those in Japan, Singapore and China.

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

  • New £50m fund to help most disadvantaged 3- and 4-year-olds

    More than 170,000 children in England set to benefit from more than £50 million.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss speaks about how schools can support parents

    Elizabeth Truss, Education and Childcare Minister, speaks to CityFathers about schools, childcare and parents.

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

  • More families in need supported by children’s centres

    New research shows children’s centres are reaching over 90% of families most in need.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss on increasing the number of pupils studying Mandarin

    Education Minister Elizabeth Truss speaks about increasing the number of children studying Mandarin.

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

  • Microsoft, Google and IBM to help train computing teachers

    Government announces 7 new programmes to train more than 45,000 computing teachers.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss emphasises the importance of technology and maths

    Education Minister Elizabeth Truss speaks at The Future of Growth Summit.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss on support for maths and science teaching

    Education Minister Elizabeth Truss outlines the case for better maths and science teaching, and new policies designed to help schools.

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

  • Your Life maths and science campaign launched

    Education Minister Elizabeth Truss speaks about the Your Life campaign, which encourages more young people into maths and science.

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

  • Over 2000 new jobs and apprenticeships from leading STEM organisations

    New opportunities are part of an industry-led campaign launched by the Chancellor to inspire more young people to study maths and physics.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss speaks about improving teaching

    Education Minister Elizabeth Truss speaks to Reform about new freedoms for teachers over materials, assessment and professional development.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss speaks about early years teachers

    Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss speaks at Policy Exchange about the quality of teaching in the early years.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss speaks about delivering world-class schools

    Education Minister Elizabeth Truss speaks to The Spectator’s schools conference.

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

  • Boost for childminders and hardworking families

    New measures to increase childcare options across the country announced by Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss.

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

  • Education Minister launches the Big Bang Fair

    Elizabeth Truss opens the UK’s largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss opens the Big Bang Fair

    Education Minister Elizabeth Truss speaks about the importance of maths and science at the opening of the Big Bang Fair.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss speaks about maths teaching

    Education Minister Elizabeth Truss speaks at the launch of the APPG for Maths and Numeracy about the importance of good maths teaching.

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