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From Department for Education (DfE)
  • Plan for education: reversing decline in academic subjects

    Record numbers take challenging English Baccalaureate (EBacc) at GCSE.

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

  • Thousands more school leavers staying in education or training

    New figures reveal more young people are gaining knowledge and skills demanded by employers.

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

  • Record number of children adopted

    Records have been broken today with more than 5,000 children placed in loving, stable homes in the last 12 months - an increase of 26%.

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

  • The importance of teaching

    Nick Gibb speaks to ResearchED about why the promotion of evidence-based approaches and freeing teachers to teach go hand in hand.

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

  • Schools win funds to develop and share new ways of assessing pupils

    Schools design new assessment packages to replace the complicated levels system.

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

  • Thousands fewer pupils excluded from school since 2010

    New exclusions figures show that giving heads powers to enforce discipline is working.

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

  • £20 million funding to help children adopted from care

    An extra 10,000 schoolchildren adopted from care to benefit from additional pupil premium money.

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

  • More funding to help thousands of extra children enjoy music

    Education Minister Nick Gibb announces £18 million of additional funding to boost music education.

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

  • Fairer school funding

    Schools Minister David Laws' written ministerial statement on additional funding for the least fairly funded local areas in England.

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

  • Pupil premium reform is benefiting children from all backgrounds

    Ofsted report reveals the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers is closing.

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

  • Qualifications and curriculum reform

    Education Secretary Nicky Morgan announces the next steps on GCSE and A level reform.

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

  • Michael Gove speaks about the future of education reform

    Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education, speaks to the first Education Reform Summit in London.

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

  • Thousands more school leavers choosing apprenticeships

    New statistics show thousands more 16- and 17-year-olds embarking on apprenticeships than last year.

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

  • Golden hellos for graduates teaching maths in further education

    Minister Matthew Hancock announces that cash will attract brightest and best to teach post-16 students.

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

  • Pupils' destinations data to help parents choose the best schools

    New figures show what young people went on to do after leaving school or college.

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

  • Lowest rate of young people NEET for 20 years

    New stats show more 16- to 18-year-olds in education, employment or training since comparable records began.

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

  • Almost 9 in 10 receive first choice of primary school

    This year 88% of families got a place at their first choice primary school and 85% were offered one at their first choice secondary.

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

  • Matthew Hancock speaks about reforms to vocational education

    Matthew Hancock, Skills Minister, speaks to the Sunday Times Festival of Education about vocational education.

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

  • Secondary schools can opt in to progress 8 measures in 2015

    Mainstream maintained schools, academies and free schools can now choose to adopt the new performance measures a year early in 2015.

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

  • David Laws speech on grammar schools

    Schools Minister David Laws calls on grammar schools to be more open to disadvantaged pupils.

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