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  • Appointment of new Ofsted Chair

    The Secretary of State for Education, Nicky Morgan, today announced the appointment of David Hoare as the next Chair of Ofsted.

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  • £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

  • New advisory group to support initial teacher training review

    Sir Andrew Carter appoints 5 experts to support his review of the quality and effectiveness of initial teacher training courses.

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

  • Qualifications counting in future performance tables

    An update to the types of qualifications to be counted in 2017 school performance tables.

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

  • School funding

    Schools Minister David Laws' written ministerial statement on school funding

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

  • Letter from Lord Nash to Park View Educational Trust

    Lord Nash, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools, wrote to the Park View Educational Trust about Park View School.

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

  • Oldknow Academy Trust: letter from Lord Nash

    Lord Nash, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools, writes to the Oldknow Academy Trust about their funding agreement.

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

  • Oral statement by Nicky Morgan on the 'Trojan Horse' letter

    Education Secretary Nicky Morgan speaks about Peter Clarke's report on allegations against Birmingham schools.

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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

  • Government pledges funding to stretch brightest state students

    Students on 4 or more A levels or equivalent will continue to receive funding after 2016.

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

  • Inspections of academies in Kemnal Academies Trust

    Ofsted publishes the outcome letter for the recent focused inspection of academy schools in Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT).

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  • Top academy heads elected to help schools flourish

    1,600 academy heads took part in headteacher board elections

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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

  • DfE writes to ALCAB about A level reforms

    A letter from the Department for Education to the A Level Content Advisory Board (ALCAB) chair, Nigel Thrift.

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  • 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

  • Nick Clegg statement: Ofsted report on pupil premium

    The Deputy PM commented on a new report by Ofsted showing that the pupil premium is helping disadvantaged children.

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

  • Pupil premium starts to make positive difference in many schools

    Ofsted welcomes new evidence showing the pupil premium is boosting education prospects of poorer children in a growing number of schools.

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  • 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

  • Edward Timpson talks about special educational needs reforms

    Children’s Minister Edward Timpson addresses the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) annual conference.

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