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  • Launch of new high-quality post-16 maths qualifications

    School Reform Minister Nick Gibb announces 6 new core maths qualifications to encourage more pupils to study maths post-16.

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

  • Education reform: completing the national curriculum review

    Education Secretary Nicky Morgan's statement on completing the national curriculum review with the science key stage 4 programme of study.

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

  • Nicky Morgan: closing the skills gap and our plan for education

    Secretary of State for Education Nicky Morgan speaks at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on closing the skills gap.

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

  • More young people to be helped into work with traineeships

    Skills Minister announces government plans to open up the traineeships programme to more young people.

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

  • Edward Timpson speaks at the LSCB chairs annual conference

    Children's Minister Edward Timpson outlines the important role local safeguarding children boards play in improving child protection.

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

  • Tens of thousands of teachers join the Workload Challenge

    The government is calling on teachers to have their say on how to reduce unnecessary and unproductive workload.

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

  • Edward Timpson: the government’s work in permanency

    Children and Families Minister Edward Timpson speaks at the BAAF Achieving Permanence through Fostering conference.

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

  • Nicky Morgan announces children’s social work reforms

    The Education Secretary addresses the National Children and Adult Services conference.

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

  • 35 new free schools providing more than 22,000 places announced

    New schools announced alongside a survey of free school headteachers.

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

  • 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