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Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education Robert Halfon delivers a speech at the Times Higher Education conference in Liverpool.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
England is among the highest performing European and western countries in global education study.
29% of children scored full marks in their Multiplication Table Check in 2023, up from 27% in 2022.
Higher Education Minister Robert Halfon delivered a speech at the Universities UK conference on mental health in higher education in London on 21 November 2023.
Government launches application process to the world’s first artificial intelligence and data science conversion courses…
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education Robert Halfon addressed the Committee of University Chairs' Autumn Plenary.
Primary school pupils show improvement in their reading ability as attainment in this year’s reading assessment increases since last year.
Teacher recruitment will see a huge boost this academic year with £196 million to attract more teachers across key subjects.
Gillian Keegan recognised the hard work of teachers and discussed the new Advanced British Standard at the Confederation of School Trusts annual conference.
Mobile phone use to be banned during the school day, including at break times, new guidance recommends.
Government announces four new attendance hubs, widening the support to a total of 400,000 pupils.
27 new areas join the staying close programme, which provides significant extra support to help care leavers move to independent living up to the age of 21.
The Department for Education (DfE) have developed software to sort thousands of emails, reducing the time taken to communicate with the public.
15 hubs selected as part of new programme to boost languages in schools across the country.
Nurseries and childminders across the country will be paid more from today for every government-funded hour they provide to parents.
Minister Coutinho writes to housing associations, social landlords and developers to urge them to allow childminders to work from their rented properties.
University acceptances are up on 2019, with 79% getting their first-choice as results return to pre-pandemic levels in an important step back to normal.
Largest ever expansion of free childcare in England backed by fair funding for all age groups.
Schools in England to receive highest ever funding rates in 2024-25.
Key Stage 2 results show an improvement in the majority of subjects as pupils continue to catch up from the pandemic.
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