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From Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education and Childcare
  • Truss visits Royal Ballet School

    Education Minister Elizabeth Truss confirms funding for the music and dance scheme.

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

  • Experts to visit Shanghai to raise UK maths standards

    Minister leads fact-finding mission to China as part of the government’s efforts to improve maths teaching.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss speaks about childcare reform

    Elizabeth Truss speaks to the Resolution Foundation about how to help working parents and improve outcomes for children.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss: the global education race

    Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss speaks about social mobility, the economy and education reform.

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

  • £755 million to double free childcare offer for 2-year-olds

    Councils will receive £755 million to provide 15 hours a week of free childcare for the most disadvantaged 2-year-olds from September 2014.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss speaks about childcare reform

    Elizabeth Truss speaks to the Family Childcare Trust about how to improve childcare for parents and children.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss speech at the Institute of Physics

    Education Minister Elizabeth Truss speaks at the ‘Closing doors’ report launch.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss responds to NAO free school report

    Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss’s statement in response to the National Audit Office (NAO) report on establishing free schools.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss speaks at Google demonstration day

    Education Minister Elizabeth Truss spoke to computer science teachers about the importance of computing skills.

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

  • New maths hubs to raise standards

    The government announces £11 million for new maths hubs to drive up the quality of maths teaching.

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

  • Teaching the new computing curriculum

    Elizabeth Truss announces funding for primary schools’ computing teaching.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss speaks to education publishers about curriculum reform

    Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss speaks to publishers about textbooks and materials for the new curriculum.

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

  • Early years apprenticeship bursary doubled to £3,000

    Early years apprenticeship bursary doubles as part of the government’s drive to attract high-quality candidates to the profession.

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

  • Information sharing in the foundation years: ministerial letter

    Ministers welcome the findings of Jean Gross's independent report on information sharing in the foundation years.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss speech to the ASCL/Microsoft conference

    Education Minister Elizabeth Truss on the importance of computing at the Association of School and College Leaders/Microsoft conference.

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

  • New funding for military ethos projects

    DfE grants £4.8 million to projects led by ex-armed forces personnel to tackle underachievement by disengaged pupils.

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

  • 92,000 2-year-olds already receiving free childcare

    Around 92,000 of the most disadvantaged 2-year-olds are now receiving up to 15 hours a week of fully funded childcare.

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

  • Elizabeth Truss speaks about school reform

    Elizabeth Truss speaks to the School Leaders Summit about reforms to the curriculum, exams and school accountability.

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

  • Thousands more pupils studying rigorous subjects

    New statistics reveal more than a third of GCSE state-school students this year took the EBacc - compared to fewer than a quarter last year.

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

  • New maths qualifications to boost numbers studying maths to age 18

    The 16 to 18 core maths package is the latest part in the government’s top-to-bottom overhaul of maths in schools.

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